2010/7/27 Scott Frankel <frankel@circlesfx.com>:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible to perform an SQL Dump without using pg_dump?
>
> I have a special case situation wherein my application has access to a
> remotely-hosted PG (8.3) database, but does not have access to its admin
> tools. (There's a longer backstory here that I'm happy to explain if
> necessary.) I'm looking for an efficient way to dump all the data in the DB
> without having to SELECT * on each table.
COPY might be of use:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/sql-copy.html
though you will have to specify each table of course.
Ian Barwick