>>>>> "BTJ" == Bjørn T Johansen <Bj> writes:
BTJ> Should one use pg_dumpall to backup the database or is it more yes, or pg_dump specific databases. BTJ> practical to just copy the data directory? this would do you no good, since the files are not necessarily in a consistent state when you copy many of them. ie, the copy is non-atomic, and there is no guarantee that all data is flushed to disk. i don't even do a file system dump of my PG data partition because of this. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
