>> Hi all, >> I need to pg_dump a database to another server. >> The particularity is that the database is bigger than remaining space on >> disk. Obviously, this is not a problem because i'm dumping to another >> host, but I need to know if the procedure streams data to remote host or >> the data itself is packed up in temporary file(s) that are sent to >> remote host. >> The former would be such a problem, because there are good chances I'll >> have my disk filled up... >> >> I've not found details on this in documentation. >> >> Thanks >> Moreno. >> Hi Moreno, it is one big stream. I am sending compressed pg_dump and can actually use zcat dumpfile.gz | psql mydatabase on the other end Regards Wolfgang -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general