Add Dump And Restore A Database as a postgres til

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ variety of languages and technologies. These are things that don't really
 warrant a full blog post. These are mostly things I learn by pairing with
 smart people at [Hashrocket](http://hashrocket.com/).
 
-_411 TILs and counting..._
+_412 TILs and counting..._
 
 ---
 
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ _411 TILs and counting..._
 - [Day Of Week For A Date](postgres/day-of-week-for-a-date.md)
 - [Default Schema](postgres/default-schema.md)
 - [Defining Arrays](postgres/defining-arrays.md)
+- [Dump And Restore A Database](postgres/dump-and-restore-a-database.md)
 - [Edit Existing Functions](postgres/edit-existing-functions.md)
 - [Escaping A Quote In A String](postgres/escaping-a-quote-in-a-string.md)
 - [Export Query Results To A CSV](postgres/export-query-results-to-a-csv.md)

postgres/dump-and-restore-a-database.md

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Dump And Restore A Database
+
+PostgreSQL comes with two command-line utilities for dumping and then
+restoring a database -- `pg_dump` and `pg_restore`, respectively.
+
+Using the `pg_dump` with the `-Fc` flag will create a dump of the given
+database in a custom format. The output of this command can be redirected
+into a file (the `.dump` extension is a standard convention):
+
+```bash
+$ pg_dump -Fc my_database > my_database.dump
+```
+
+Using the custom format option provides a couple benefits. The output is
+significantly compressed in comparison to a generic SQL dump. The dump and
+restoration is more flexible. Lastly, the dump can be performed in parallel
+if your machine has multiple cores to work with. Likewise, the restoration
+can be done in parallel with multiple jobs.
+
+To restore the dump, create a fresh database and then use `pg_restore`:
+
+```bash
+$ createdb my_new_database
+$ pg_restore -d my_new_database my_database.dump
+```
+
+See the
+[`pg_dump` docs](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-pgdump.html)
+and [`pg_restore`
+docs](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-pgrestore.html)
+for more details.