Re: Need help on how to backup a table

From: "Joey K(dot)" <pguser(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: ajcity <victor(dot)aluko(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Need help on how to backup a table
Date: 2008-03-28 06:39:22
Message-ID: 467669b30803272339r489784d4u7ffc3d1d8849d650@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 11:05 PM, ajcity <victor(dot)aluko(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
> I am trying to backup a large table with about 6 million rows. I want to
> export the data from the table and be able to import it into another table
> on a different database server (from pgsql 8.1 to 8.2). I need to export
> the
> data through SQL query 'cause I want to do a gradual backup.
> Does pgsql have a facility for this?
> Thanks in advance for your reply.
>
>

Have you looked at "pg_dump -t"
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/app-pgdump.html

Joey

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