>>>>> "Moreno" == Moreno Andreo <moreno.andreo@evolu-s.it> writes:
Moreno> The command I'm using is
Moreno> root@xxxxx:~# pg_dump -v -C -h <remote host> -p 6543 -U postgres
Moreno> <dbname> | psql -h localhost -p 6543 -U postgres <dbname>
Moreno> It presents a double password prompt after I run it:
Moreno> Password: Password for user postgres:
This is going to prompt once for the remote host's password and twice
for the local one (because -C), and the concurrently-running commands
are going to be fighting over access to the terminal to do it. Best
avoided by using pgpass or non-password-based auth methods.
More seriously, you're misunderstanding how -C works. When you use -C,
the database you specify to psql (or pg_restore) is NOT the database
you're restoring into - the restored db will ALWAYS have the same name
as it had when dumped (if that's not what you want then don't use -C).
Instead, the database you specify to psql or pg_restore is the database
to connect to to issue the CREATE DATABASE command, which should usually
be 'postgres'. That explains this bit:
Moreno> If I create database (just database, not schema) on target
Moreno> machine, I receive the error "database xxxx already exists" but
Moreno> the dump goes on If I don't create it, I receive the error
Moreno> "database xxxx does not exist" and processing aborts.
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