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From: Ron Johnson <[email protected]>
To: Pgsql-general <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: To take backup of Postgresql Database without large objects
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:29:07 -0400
Message-ID: <CANzqJaBqG4N7Cp06H_9eJZwYyxSL8Sf4Um1+bSKaPFA8cxaT1w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM [email protected] <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Using PostgreSQL 15.1, compiled by Visual C++ build 1914, 64-bit in
> Windows 10.
>

That's 11 patch releases behind current.


> Trying to take backup of a database, using pg_dump, where one table
> contains bytea datatype, which I don't want to include in the backup.
>
> My command was:
> "E:\DBBackup\bin\pg_dump.exe"  -h 192.168.1.1 -p 5432 -U <username>
> --no-blobs -F c -v -f "E:\DBBackup\demo6_110420251637.bak" demo6
>
> the backup includes the bytea field also.
>
> I tried with
> "E:\DBBackup\bin\pg_dump.exe"  -h 192.168.1.1 -p 5432 -U <username> -B -F
> c -v -f "E:\DBBackup\demo6_110420251637.bak" demo6
>
> also, which also included the bytea field.
>
> What wrong I'm doing?  Couldn't figure it out.   Any help is appreciated.
>

The manual explicitly states what you're doing wrong.
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/app-pgdump.html

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