| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Pilsl <pilsl(at)goldfisch(dot)at> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: backup with blobs |
| Date: | 2001-04-18 22:07:33 |
| Message-ID: | 16602.987631653@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Pilsl <pilsl(at)goldfisch(dot)at> writes:
> I'm currently using postgreSQL 7.0.2 and have big tables with a lot of
> blobs. pg_dump does not cover this blobs.
> When my system crashes or when I want to migrate to 7.1, will a pure
> file-backup be enough or will I have to write my own tools for backup
> and restore of this blobs and their oid's in the corresponding tables.
No need to re-invent the wheel; use the attached.
BTW, 7.1's pg_dump is capable of dumping BLOBs. There has been talk of
hacking it up so that it could be used against a 7.0 database, which
would probably be a nicer solution than the attached code, but AFAIK
that's not done yet.
regards, tom lane
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