Load Data from Postgres

The easiest way to copy data from another Postgres into ParadeDB is with the pg_dump and pg_restore utilities. These are installed by default when you install psql.

This approach is ideal for quickly bootstrapping your ParadeDB cluster with some data. To keep ParadeDB in sync with an existing Postgres database in real time, logical replication should be configured.

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Create a Dump

Run pg_dump to create a copy of your database.

Below, we use the “custom” format (-Fc) for both pg_dump and pg_restore. Please review the Postgres pg_dump documentation for other options that may be more appropriate for your environment.

pg_dump -Fc --no-acl --no-owner \
    -h <host> \
    -U <username> \
    <dbname> > old_db.dump

If your database is large, this can take some time. You can speed this up by dumping specific tables.

pg_dump -Fc --no-acl --no-owner \
    -h <host> \
    -U <username> \
    -t <table_name_1> -t <table_name_2>
    <dbname> > old_db.dump

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Restore the Dump

Run pg_restore to load this data into ParadeDB.

pg_restore --verbose --clean --no-acl --no-owner \
    -h <host> \
    -U <username> \
    -d <dbname> \
    -Fc \
    old_db.dump