Re: Postgres 12 backup in 32 bit windows client - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ron
Subject Re: Postgres 12 backup in 32 bit windows client
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Msg-id bca21367-ae30-5289-1503-a514526160d1@gmail.com
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In response to Re: Postgres 12 backup in 32 bit windows client  ("Andrus" <kobruleht2@hot.ee>)
List pgsql-general
On 3/28/20 12:57 PM, Andrus wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> What are you going to do with this backup?
>
> If server disk crashes, it can used to restore data.
>
>> Do you have shell access to the Debian machine in order to do the backup 
>> there?
>
> I have but my application user in 32bit windows does not have.
> I want to allow 32 bit windows user to make backup from 5432 port directly 
> to her computer C: drive.
>
> If Postgres 12 32bit pg_dump is not available maybe it is possible to 
> create stored procedure which invokes pg_dump in server and returns 
> .backup file as bytea value to client:
>
> select run('pg_dump mydatabase')

What about you make the backup on the db server with cron and then have her 
copy the file to her computer using WinSCP?

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