Re: backup

It should be \copy . This is a psql command; if you have direct access to
database host machine, you might want to use the SQL command COPY for it's
performance.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/app-psql.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/sql-copy.html

Best regards,

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Jyoti Seth <jyotiseth2001(at)gmail(dot)com>wrote:

> I tried using /copy command. It is not giving any error but also not
> creating any file.
>
> Thanks
> Jyoti
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> > Can we take backup of specific data of a table (using where clause)?
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> in psql:
>
> /copy (select * from table WHERE condition ) to 'FILENAME'
>
> requires postgres version >= 8.2 IIRC.
>
> you can use any query.
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