> hello sir, > i have a postgresql database in one system and want to transfer > the same to another system. i am not finding a way to transfer this > database from one system to another.if i transfer the file in > /var/lib/pgsql/libdatabase them it gives error.how shall i transfer > database. > another thing. how to take up backups of the database on the system. > pls help me as i am new to postgresql > thanking you > Arun You can use the pg_dump utility (to extract a PostgreSQL database into a script file or other archive file) and the pg_restore utility (restore a Postgres database from an archive file created by pg_dump) or the psql interactive client. (see the 'Examples' on PostgreSQL 7.1 Documentation, PostgreSQL Client Applications reference) Bye Corrado
