Re: backup

I tried using /copy command. It is not giving any error but also not
creating any file.

Thanks
Jyoti

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Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:03 PM
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Subject: Re: [SQL] backup

On 2009-06-09, Jyoti Seth <jyotiseth2001(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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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.