Re: Data dumps to files - best methods?

From: Ralf Schuchardt <rasc(at)gmx(dot)de>
To: Machiel Richards <machielr(at)rdc(dot)co(dot)za>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Data dumps to files - best methods?
Date: 2010-07-23 11:37:12
Message-ID: 30C7A51C-21E8-4583-AED1-8400019B584D@gmx.de
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Hi,

Am 23.07.2010 um 10:32 schrieb Machiel Richards:

> As I am fairly new to postgresql I am trying to find some more info regarding options to dump specific data to files.

> However, even though I can get the sql query,etc... how will I use this to dump the data into the relevant files?

You can use the "\copy" command in psql to export the result of query into a file. For example:

> psql -c "\\copy (select * from atable) to 'myfile.csv' with delimiter as ',' csv header" adb

will copy all rows from "atable" in "adb" to "myfile.csv" in csv format.

Ralf

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