How can I backup database from database itself

[Dragan Matic]

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

Dragan




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[Bruno Wolff III]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 13:56:58 +0200,

Post by Dragan Matic
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.

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