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Restore item in server or Databases menu (RM #4832)
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Description
Issue migrated from Redmine: https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/4832
Originally created by A. Kromic at 2019-10-14 07:19:45 UTC.
A pgAdmin4 feature I have always wanted is having some "restore" command in the server or Databases context menu. That would make restoring databases much easier, especially during development and testing when various changes occur frequently.
Currently there are two options for restoring databases in pgAdmin from custom format backups, both a bit inconvenient:
Manually create database with the required name, then use Restore from its context menu; this has more steps than needed - there is no need to create the database manually
Use Restore from any existing database's menu, enabling the "CREATE DATABASE" option; faster, but potentially dangerous or inconvenient if one manages to overwrite the other database by mistake
For someone frequently dumping and restoring various databases from within pgAdmin4 while also doing development in it, the new menu item would be quite useful. Alternatively, it could be added as an option in the Create / Database menu; something like "Create Database from backup".
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First steps
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing Restore action on a database and the Create/Database flow, then compare whether a server or Databases context-menu entry is the better starting point. Done means a user can restore a custom-format backup without manually creating the target database, while avoiding accidental overwrites.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- postgresql, python
- Domain
- databases
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100