Re: Backup complete - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Raymond O'Donnell
Subject Re: Backup complete
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Msg-id 4E2FEA9C.6070407@iol.ie
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In response to Re: Backup complete  (Adarsh Sharma <adarsh.sharma@orkash.com>)
List pgsql-general
On 27/07/2011 11:31, Adarsh Sharma wrote:
> Raymond O'Donnell wrote:
>> On 27/07/2011 10:51, Adarsh Sharma wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I take backup of postgres databases with pg_dump command.
>>> But it didn't take backup of all sequences,views & functions in
>>> different databases.
>>>
>>
>> That's because you told it to backup only the postgres database. pg_dump
>> only dumps a single database. If you want to backup all databases in the
>> cluster, use pg_dumpall.
>>
>> You should read up on the two commands in the documentation:
>>
>>   http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/reference-client.html
>>
>> Ray.
>>
>>
> Thanks Raymond, I know that but did it take the backups of procedures &
> views too.
>
>
> Adarsh

Hi Adarsh,

Yes, pg_dump backs up everything - schema and data. If you need to
convince yourself, use the -s option to dump just the schema and examine
the output.

Ray.

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Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland
rod@iol.ie

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