On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:23:23 +0000, Adam Witney <awitney@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am setting up the backup strategy for my database. > > The database contains around 25 tables containing quite a lot of data that > does not change very much (and when it does it is changed by me). And around > 20 tables containing data which will be created and updated by the users > regularly. > > I would like to backup the two sets of data separately at different > intervals. The first set only when I update it and the second set several > times per day. > > Would it be best to set up a separate schema for the "static" tables? If so > what would be the simplest and safest way to transfer these tables into a > new schema? > > Thanks for any help pg_dump allows you to backup individual tables. Once you do that, you could import them into a new database. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)