Re: Need help on how to backup a table - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Adam Rich
Subject Re: Need help on how to backup a table
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Msg-id 060901c890d7$f85b71d0$e9125570$@r@sbcglobal.net
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In response to Need help on how to backup a table  (ajcity <victor.aluko@gmail.com>)
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>  Hi all,
>   I am trying to backup a large table with about 6 million rows. I want
> to
> export the data from the table and be able to import it into another
> table
> on a different database server (from pgsql 8.1 to 8.2). I need to
> export the
> data through SQL query 'cause I want to do a gradual backup.
>   Does pgsql have a facility for this?
>   Thanks in advance for your reply.
>

Here's an easy solution:

psql -c "COPY command here" dbname | ssh user@host.net "dd
of=/path/tbl.backup"

You can run this from your local server, and immediately pipe it over
a secure shell to the other server, and write it to a file there.
The /path/ you specify is local to the remote server.





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