Backup and Restore
authentication settings.
+ Once restored, it is wise to run ANALYZE> on each
+ database so the optimizer has useful statistics. You
+ can also run vacuumdb -a -z> to ANALYZE> all
+ databases.
+
+
The ability of
pg_dump> and psql> to
write to or read from pipes makes it possible to dump a database
+ Once restored, it is wise to run ANALYZE> on each
+ restored object so the optimizer has useful statistics.
+
+
pg_dump has a few limitations:
other output formats is not limited, except possibly by the
operating system.
+
+ Once restored, it is wise to run ANALYZE> on each
+ restored object so the optimizer has useful statistics.
+
+
pg_dumpall will need to connect several
times to the
PostgreSQL server. If password
authentication is configured, it will ask for a password each time. In
- that case it would be convenient to set up a password file.
+ that case it would be convenient to set up a .pgpass>
+ password file.
+
+
+ Once restored, it is wise to run ANALYZE> on each
+ database so the optimizer has useful statistics. You
+ can also run vacuumdb -a -z> to ANALYZE> all
+ databases.
- But where is that password file documented?
-
+
See also the documentation for details on
+
+ Once restored, it is wise to run ANALYZE> on each
+ restored object so the optimizer has useful statistics.
+
+