On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 13:56:58 +0200,
Dragan Matic <mlists(at)panforma(dot)co(dot)yu> wrote:
> Is there a way to backup a database by issuing an SQL statement from the
> database?
> I would like user to be able to create a backup from database itself,
> and not by telnetting to server and typing 'pg_dump' or 'pg_dumpall'.
> Tnx in advance
They don't have to telnet to the server to run pg_dump or pg_dumpall.
Those can be run from their machine. (Though they should be running a
version as least as recent as the server version.) Take a look at the
man page, in particular the -h option.