https://blog.khmersite.net/tags/pg_restore/ Recent content in Pg_restore on Kenno's Open Note https://blog.khmersite.net/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E https://blog.khmersite.net/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E Hugo -- 0.154.0 en Sun, 03 Jul 2022 23:20:48 +1000 https://blog.khmersite.net/p/postgresql-restore-db-backup-with-different-owner-role/ Sun, 03 Jul 2022 23:20:48 +1000 https://blog.khmersite.net/p/postgresql-restore-db-backup-with-different-owner-role/ <p>Like the title says, when restoring a Postgresql database onto a different server which happens to have a dfferent role owner, extra care is needed, otherwise similar error message below will come up:</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code>pg_restore: from TOC entry 217; 1259 17163 TABLE users_collections webdev1 pg_restore: error: could not execute query: ERROR: role &#34;webdev1&#34; does not exist Command was: ALTER TABLE public.users_collections OWNER TO webdev1; pg_restore: from TOC entry 218; 1259 17168 TABLE users_organizations webdev1 pg_restore: error: could not execute query: ERROR: role &#34;webdev1&#34; does not exist Command was: ALTER TABLE public.users_organizations OWNER TO webdev1; pg_restore: warning: errors ignored on restore: 19 </code></pre><p>What happened was that there was no role named <code>webdev1</code> on the Postgreseql server where the database restoring was performed. Instead, on my database server, I had a role named <code>webdev2</code>.</p>