Re: pg_dump, pg_restore and tablespaces

On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 02:35:12PM -0500, Colton Smith wrote:
> Hi:
>
>  Let's say I have a database comprised of tables scattered over several
> tablespaces.  Suppose I need to move the database to another server and
> I can't
> use the same pathnames for the tablespaces.  Am I out of luck when it
> comes to using pg_dump and pg_restore?

No. You can just create the tablespaces you need with whatever mapping
suits the new server before doing the restore. This will generate an
error during the restore (tablespace already exists), but you can ignore
that. Just make sure the names match up.
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