[GENERAL] Re: [ADMIN] how do I do dump and restore without bugging with constraint?

2010-02-23 Thread Net Tree Inc.
Quote: "However if you have to modify table definitions, you will probably not be able to import data in that new schema and it will be necesary to look for a new strategy." For schema, are we talking about attribute columns (structure of table) and "table definitions" referraled you talking about

[GENERAL] Re: [ADMIN] how do I do dump and restore without bugging with constraint?

2010-02-23 Thread Net Tree Inc.
Thanks. Is it by doing these steps I can avoid constrain restriction? for step 3, how should I modify the schema? and which schema? the target DB's schema that I am trying to dump the schema and data in? But this is the problem, I am not sure whats different between the two schema's, there are just

Re: [GENERAL] Re: [ADMIN] how do I do dump and restore without bugging with constraint?

2010-02-23 Thread Net Tree Inc.
yeah that's what I means to do. How do I use 8.4 pg_restore? the DB server I am trying to restore is using 8.3. Do you mean do pg_restore on the same machine that I did pg_dump?? I am thinking of doing that too, but I am not sure how to do the command. Is this correct? pg_restore -h (my target ma

Re: [GENERAL] Re: [ADMIN] how do I do dump and restore without bugging with constraint?

2010-02-23 Thread Richard Huxton
On 23/02/10 09:17, Net Tree Inc. wrote: Why am I keep getting error with version issues I am trying to restore a backup file from a 8.4 postgresql server to a 8.3 postgresql server. Well, an 8.4 dump isn't always going to be compatible with an 8.3 server, is it? If there weren't difference

[GENERAL] Re: [ADMIN] how do I do dump and restore without bugging with constraint?

2010-02-23 Thread Net Tree Inc.
Why am I keep getting error with version issues I am trying to restore a backup file from a 8.4 postgresql server to a 8.3 postgresql server. [postg...@localhost ~]$ pg_restore -C -d postgres -i isamdb.backup pg_restore.bin: [archiver] unsupported version (1.11) in file header On Tue, Feb 23

[GENERAL] Re: [ADMIN] how do I do dump and restore without bugging with constraint?

2010-02-22 Thread Kevin Grittner
"Net Tree Inc." wrote: > When I do restore it shown alot errors related with constraints. > How can I dump and to restore from old to new without dealing with > constraint and just forces data dump to where it suppose to belong? What version are you dumping from and to? Exactly what errors ar