> after I enter the password I get
> pg_restore: creating FUNC PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE plpgsql_call_handler()
> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: function
> "plpgsql_call_handler" already exists with same argument types
> pg_restore: *** aborted because of error
>
> however after looking back over my notes and the documentation that I
> recieved I noticed that I was supposed to make the backup like this:
> pg_dump -U dbname -v -Fc -f bkp.tar.gz dbname
>
I had the same problem.
One way is to use as template the table template0 with the following
command :
createdb yourdatabasename -T template0
and then
pg_restore ....
it works if you didn't make anychanges to your template1 table.
hope it helps
Dilipan
> Sincec this is apearantly a specific way to make the backup Im
> assuming that that is why the restore doesnt work since it was setup
> do restore form that specific backup syntax. What I would like to know
> is, how I can get the data out of this archive, so that I can recover
> the data and put it back in place and get the site up and running.
>
> any suggestions?????
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> Allen Smith
>
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