Thanks it worked when I changed the command '/copy' to '\copy'
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On Behalf Of Jasen Betts
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:03 PM
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] backup
On 2009-06-09, Jyoti Seth <jyotiseth2001@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Can we take backup of specific data of a table (using where clause)?
in psql:
/copy (select * from table WHERE condition ) to 'FILENAME'
requires postgres version >= 8.2 IIRC.
you can use any query.
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