Hello, pg_dump can avoid bloob fields (it can dumb without blobs), but as I understand byteA is not bloob, so in this case what is blob? I did not found such type as blob.. Lukas > Στις Πέμπτη 08 Μάρτιος 2007 22:02, ο/η Lukas > έγραψε: >> Hello, >> >> we have one table in database (db has over 200 tables), which has one >> byteA filed for storing user photos. We are making backup every night, >> but >> it is now too large because of photos. We do not need to make backup of >> photos every night, but the question is how to backup database without >> this field? >> I tried to look at keys of pgdump, but found nothing... > > This isnt directly possible. > You could have a mirror of the database, > and nullify these bytea columns in the mirror db before > taking the dump of this mirror db. > >> >> Now we are using it like this: >> pg_dump -f /home/backup/DB.sql -d -Fp -v DB >> >> thx >> Lukas > > -- > Achilleas Mantzios > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content, and is believed to be clean. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content, and is believed to be clean.
