guys, is there a way to run various programs like (pg_config, pg_restore, dropdb etc) from within pgadmin or from within my java code. i mean can i perform database administration from within postgres that is without using literal commands. so from within my java code i can execute a query like select all etc. but can i also execute a query which will perform database administration. i mean when my java code says "select all" it doesnt have psql in front of it. so why when i have to backup or do anything else i need to use pg_dump and not a general query (which really makes things very complicate programmatically). thanks.
