At some time fairly close to Mon, 24 May 2004 14:03:28 +0100, rumor has it that Paul wrote: > On 24/05/2004 08:01 Philip wrote: > > I've got a _lot_ to learn about databases! *smiles* By looking at > > the size of the dumped file there is not much data missing, but I > > like your idea of doing each table. (I didn't know that was > > possible...) Do you have any tips on where I go to figure out how to > > show a list of the tables so I can dump them? There seems to be a > > lot of documentation - but so much of it is over my head my eyes are > > probably glazed over when I got to the good parts... *grin* > > Use psql: > > psql dbname > > then use the \d option. If I were trying to dump all tables > individually, I'd use psql's \o <filename> command to direct output to > a file before issuing the \d. Then I'd hack that file in a text editor > to create an appropriate shell script with commands of the form: > > pg_dump -t table database >table.txt Got it!! Thank you, thank you! I feel like I'm making progress. I've got to be careful, though or I might actually _learn_ this stuff... :) I think I had done some stuff from that shell 'cause it looks quite familiar - but I belive that was 2 year ago. I knew such a tool existed, just couldn't remember what it was. Again, thanks! Philip ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html