"Phoenix Kiula" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This is the dump command being used on a 8.2.3 database on Linux:
> $ pg_dumpall > mydb.sql
> $ umask 077
> $ gzip mydb.sql
> Then I download the mydb.sql.gz file into my local computer (Mac OSX
> with 8.3.3) and unzip it to mydb.sql.
That's all fine ...
> The local database is already created, with all tables and constraints and
> all.
... but this isn't. A pg_dump script expects to restore into an empty
database. For pg_dumpall, you shouldn't even have created the
databases, just start from a virgin installation.
regards, tom lane
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