hi, I am trying to execute a line of commands of DOS and need to put "" inside the sequence, for the format of the instruction exec it does not leave me, someone can solve like this Ej: Exec (" C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.0.0-rc2\bin \> pg_dump -i - or - or postgres -Fc-b-v-f c:\path\res " .$name. ".backup name_db "); Here the variable is supposed q happens well, but the correct instruction is: Exec (" C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.0.0-rc2\bin \> pg_dump-i - or - or postsgres -Fc-b-v-f "c:\path\res" .$name. ".backup" name_db"); And here it throws the mistake to me, it q am trying to do it is to execute pg_dump from php, any idea in the matter, thank you enzo --------------------------------------------------------- Juega y llévate una PS2 two: http://juegos.ya.com/consolas_y_pc/2005/09/concurso-ps2.html Ya.com ADSL 2MB + Llamadas 24 horas: desde 26,95 ?/mes + IVA. Navega y habla de forma ilimitada. Sin compromiso de permanencia. http://acceso.ya.com/ADSLllamadas/2mb ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org