On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:23:23 +0000, Adam Witney <awitney@sghms.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am setting up the backup strategy for my database.
>
> The database contains around 25 tables containing quite a lot of data that
> does not change very much (and when it does it is changed by me). And around
> 20 tables containing data which will be created and updated by the users
> regularly.
>
> I would like to backup the two sets of data separately at different
> intervals. The first set only when I update it and the second set several
> times per day.
>
> Would it be best to set up a separate schema for the "static" tables? If so
> what would be the simplest and safest way to transfer these tables into a
> new schema?
>
> Thanks for any help
pg_dump allows you to backup individual tables. Once you do that, you
could import them into a new database.
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