Jim C. Nasby wrote: > On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 11:39:48AM +0530, soni de wrote: > > We have to take a backup of database and we know the pg_dump utility of > > postgresql. > > > > But may I know, is there any API for this pg_dump utility so that we can > > call it from the C program? Or only script support is possible for this. > > It probably wouldn't be terribly difficult to put the guts of pg_dump > into a library that you could interface with via C. I'm not sure if the > community would accept such a patch; though, I seem to recall other > people asking for this on occasion. Personally I think it would be neat. For example the admin-tool guys would be able to get a dump without invoking an external program. Second it would really be independent of core releases (other than being tied to the output format.) pg_dump would be just a simple caller of such a library, and anyone else would be able to get dumps easily, in whatever format. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support
