From: Gurjeet Singh <singh.gurjeet@gmail.com>
To: Jyoti Seth <jyotiseth2001@gmail.com>
Cc: Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: backup
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:20:28 +0530
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It should be \copy . This is a psql command; if you have direct access to
database host machine, you might want to use the SQL command COPY for it's
performance.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/app-psql.htmlhttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/sql-copy.html
Best regards,
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Jyoti Seth <jyotiseth2001@gmail.com>wrote:
> I tried using /copy command. It is not giving any error but also not
> creating any file.
>
> Thanks
> Jyoti
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> > Can we take backup of specific data of a table (using where clause)?
>
> in psql:
>
> /copy (select * from table WHERE condition ) to 'FILENAME'
>
> requires postgres version >= 8.2 IIRC.
>
> you can use any query.
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