Στις Παρασκευή 22 Ιούνιος 2007 10:59, ο/η Joost Kraaijeveld έγραψε: > Hi, > > I want to write a sql script in which I backup a database and restore a new > (altered) version of that database. Is that possible? If so , can anyone > give me an example of how to do that? > > I can run it from any command prompt (psql -U postgres template1 < > my_db.backup) but I would like it to run from psql (which should give me > 1 script for all platforms I must do this: Windows, FreeBSD and Debian) > With "\!" you can execute shell commands. So you could probably \c template1 \! pg_dump your_db > your_db.sql \! some_processing your_db.sql > your_db_altered.sql DROP DATABSE your_db CREATE DATABSE your_db \i your_db_altered.sql I dont know if the \! escape works for windows, and in any case pg_dump, some_processing programs must be in the PATH for Unix/Windows Debian/FreeBSD behaviour is exactly the same, it is on windows that you should try to make it work. > TIA > > Joost > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq -- Achilleas Mantzios
