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Rewrites the docs page at /docs/postgres/import-from-existing-database as a three-command guide to moving a local PostgreSQL database to Prisma Postgres, and refreshes the blog post at /blog/from-local-to-production-with-prisma-postgres as a comparison of Prisma Postgres, Neon, Supabase, Railway and Render for the same move.

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  • apps/docs/content/docs/postgres/import-from-existing-database.mdx: create the database, pg_dump, pg_restore, then a verify step, pointers for Neon and Supabase, a section on putting the app online, and three FAQ headings. The full PostgreSQL and MySQL import guides stay linked.
  • apps/blog/content/blog/from-local-to-production-with-prisma-postgres/index.mdx: new title, a situation table, a "How we compared" box, an import comparison table, a "Where Prisma Postgres is the wrong choice" section, sources and update history; Prisma ORM 7 commands pinned to npx prisma@7.
  • apps/docs/content/docs/postgres/index.mdx and apps/docs/content/docs/postgres/database/connecting-to-your-database.mdx: one link each to the migrate page.
  • apps/docs/cspell.json: new terms.

Later changes to these pages: #8410, #8427.

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    • Updated the local-to-production guide with a comparison of Prisma Postgres, Neon, Supabase, Railway, and Render, plus revised migration, restore, validation, and deployment guidance.
    • Replaced the database import-path chooser with a PostgreSQL-to-Prisma Postgres migration guide covering dump-and-restore workflows, connection strings, prerequisites, limitations, verification, and cutover.
    • Added import-guide links to database connection and PostgreSQL setup documentation.

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The blog compares managed PostgreSQL providers and updates its local-to-production migration checklist. The documentation describes importing an existing PostgreSQL database into Prisma Postgres, including dump and restore workflows, prerequisites, verification, and related connection guidance.

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PostgreSQL migration guides

Layer / File(s) Summary
Provider comparison and article framing
apps/blog/content/blog/from-local-to-production-with-prisma-postgres/index.mdx
The article compares five providers and describes their import methods, free tiers, PostgreSQL versions, and stated limitations. It also updates the article metadata.
Local setup, migration, and validation
apps/blog/content/blog/from-local-to-production-with-prisma-postgres/index.mdx
The checklist documents Prisma ORM 7 setup, connection configuration, migration baselining, database transfer and restore constraints, deployment, and validation. The article also updates its FAQ, sources, and history.
Existing database import instructions
apps/docs/content/docs/postgres/import-from-existing-database.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/postgres/database/connecting-to-your-database.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/postgres/index.mdx, apps/docs/cspell.json
The documentation adds file-based and piped dump-and-restore workflows, migration prerequisites, verification, cutover, deployment, and database options. Related pages link to the import workflow, and the spell-checker list adds unpooled.

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Users applying the manifest wording literally may skip public-schema data, and schema-filtered dumps can omit dependencies in other schemas. The source remains available and the guide calls for checking the restore, so these are bounded but worthwhile corrections before migration cutover.

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- Line 92: Update the Node.js requirement in the Prisma ORM 7 setup instructions
to specify supported versions: 20.19+, 22.12+, or 24.x. Keep the existing `npx
prisma@7 dev` command guidance unchanged.
- Line 150: Update the Prisma configuration example in the `prisma dev` section
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gregory-boch-prisma and others added 3 commits October 5, 2026 17:04
…GB per project

Every competitor cell in the from-local post was read again on the vendor's
own page on 2026-10-05. One had changed: Neon's Free plan now includes 1 GB
of storage per project (neon.com/pricing, neon.com/docs/introduction/plans),
up from 0.5 GB. The check dates in the post move to 2026-10-05.

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…he update history

Neon's plans page gives Free storage as 1 GB per project, 20 GB across
the account (https://neon.com/docs/introduction/plans, read 2026-10-05).
"1 GB per project, 100 projects" alone could be read as 100 GB.

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- Line 211: Update the data-migration guidance around the `pg_dump -n public`
instructions to address PostgreSQL large objects: include `--large-objects` in
the dump command or direct readers who use large objects to the full-database
import path.
- Line 211: Update the restore guidance in the migration instructions to treat
an existing public schema as an error, not a harmless warning; have readers
remove the conflicting schema entry from the restore manifest and run pg_restore
with --single-transaction --exit-on-error, requiring exit code 0 before
considering the restore complete.
- Line 200: Update the Prisma Postgres import guidance near the
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unavailable local roles. Tell readers to inspect those policies, omit
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…store; write freeze for hosted sources

Blog: add --large-objects to the pg_dump command, since -n leaves large objects out of the dump; name the schema "public" already exists message as an error that pg_restore continues past, with how to confirm the restore finished and where the full guide's stricter restore lives; point to the full guide's inspect and export steps for row-level security policies that name local roles, which --no-owner and --no-privileges do not touch.

Docs: the three-command page now asks for a write freeze before the final dump of a hosted database, kept through verification and cutover, and links the full guide's export step.

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…laim; link the omit and replay steps

Blog: the policy paragraph now says to mark incompatible POLICY lines in
the pg_restore --list manifest and pass it with --use-list, since the
manifest does nothing without that flag. The public-schema detail no
longer claims a finished restore ends with exactly one error; it tells
readers to read every error above the count and treat the public schema
error as the one to expect on a fresh database. Prefix each manifest line
for the public schema, not one. Add the PostgreSQL 17 pg_dump and
pg_restore reference pages to Sources.

Docs: link the full guide's export and restore steps from the roles and
policies note, and say what to do when writes cannot be paused.

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- Line 213: Update the `-n public` guidance to warn that objects in `public` can
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…dependency schemas

Address the open CodeRabbit thread on the from-local post (line 213):

- The manifest advice said to prefix every `public` line with `;`, which would
  also skip the tables, sequences and table data. It now names only the
  `SCHEMA - public` and `COMMENT - SCHEMA public` lines, the wording the
  Supabase guide uses on main, and says why.
- `pg_dump -n public` makes no attempt to dump objects in other schemas that
  `public` depends on (PostgreSQL 17 pg_dump reference, `-n`), so a `public`
  table that uses a type, function or sequence from another schema fails to
  restore. The post now says to check for those dependencies and either add a
  `-n` per schema or dump every schema, as the full guide does.

Sources list gains the Supabase guide; update history mentions both points.
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The PostgreSQL 17 pg_dump reference says there is no guarantee a
schema-filtered dump restores by itself, so say "can fail" instead of
"fails": the dependency may already exist on the target, or only a
trigger may fail while the table loads.

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