Re: pg_restore and FK constraints with large dbs

--- Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> If you you pg_dump and dump schema and data together, then there is some
> magic to temporarily disable foreign key constraints. Try it out.
> Perhaps you can adopt the statements to your particular restoration method
> as well, if it turns out necessary.
>

No longer have the db to extract data and schema together (have only data
extracts), but I'll try later.

However, if FK constraints are temporarily disabled in pg_restore, why is it
necessary to arrage the statimements in the order that satisfies FK
constraints? One could be doing this for days ...

Wouldn't be simpler for pg_restore to do the following:
1) create table structures only (no indexes or constraints)
2) create indexes
3) create constraints

This way, there's no need to rearrange the order of imports.

Thanks

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