Database Reference
In-Depth Information
-W, --password force password prompt (should happen automatically)
--role=ROLENAME do SET ROLE before dump
If -f/--file is not used, then the SQL script will be written to the standard
output.
New in PostgreSQL 9.3
Database Restore: pg_restore
Use
pg_restore
to restore backup files in tar, custom, or directory formats created using
pg_dump
.
Example B-3
shows the
pg_restore
help output. See
“Restore” on page 40
for
more examples.
Example B-3. pg_restore help
pg_restore --help
pg_restore restores a PostgreSQL database from an archive created by pg_dump.
Usage:
pg_restore [OPTION]... [FILE]
General options:
-d, --dbname=NAME connect to database name
-f, --file=FILENAME output file name
-F, --format=c|d|t backup file format (should be automatic)
-l, --list print summarized TOC of the archive
-v, --verbose verbose mode
-V, --version output version information, then exit
-?, --help show this help, then exit
Options controlling the restore:
-a, --data-only restore only the data, no schema
-c, --clean clean (drop) database objects before recreating
-C, --create create the target database
-e, --exit-on-error exit on error, default is to continue
-I, --index=NAME restore named index
-j, --jobs=NUM use this many parallel jobs to restore
-L, --use-list=FILENAME use table of contents from this file for
selecting/ordering output
-n, --schema=NAME restore only objects in this schema
-O, --no-owner skip restoration of object ownership
-P, --function=NAME(args) restore named function
-s, --schema-only restore only the schema, no data
-S, --superuser=NAME superuser user name to use for disabling triggers
-t, --table=NAME restore named table(s)
-T, --trigger=NAME restore named trigger
-x, --no-privileges skip restoration of access privileges (grant/revoke)
-1, --single-transaction restore as a single transaction
--disable-triggers disable triggers during data-only restore
--no-data-for-failed-tables do not restore data of tables that could not be
