Re: sql dump

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 08:58:59AM -0700, Scott Frankel wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible to perform an SQL Dump without using pg_dump?

No, but there may be more options for using pg_dump than you have
looked at. One example would be to use pg_dump on one with an SSH
tunnel to the other one's local PostgreSQL port (5432 by default, but
check which yours is). For example:

ssh -fNR 5432:localhost:5555 postgres(at)your(dot)host(dot)dom

would let you connect to localhost:5555 with pg_dump and any other
PostgreSQL tools.

Cheers,
David.
> I have a special case situation wherein my application has access to
> a remotely-hosted PG (8.3) database, but does not have access to its
> admin tools. (There's a longer backstory here that I'm happy to
> explain if necessary.) I'm looking for an efficient way to dump all
> the data in the DB without having to SELECT * on each table.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Scott
>
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