On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 02:39, Karim Nassar wrote: > I need to have an exact copy of a postgres install on a testing > computer. I don't want to do slony. Is it feasible/reasonable to think > that I could just rsync to the devel boxen from the pg server? Or is > slony "The Way to Do It"(tm)?
If you just need a working copy, not necessarily right up to date at any time, you can just dump and restore it: pg_dumpall -h source_server |psql -h dest_server add switches as necessary. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html