On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 13:56:58 +0200, Dragan Matic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to backup a database by issuing an SQL statement from the > database? > I would like user to be able to create a backup from database itself, > and not by telnetting to server and typing 'pg_dump' or 'pg_dumpall'. > Tnx in advance
They don't have to telnet to the server to run pg_dump or pg_dumpall. Those can be run from their machine. (Though they should be running a version as least as recent as the server version.) Take a look at the man page, in particular the -h option. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]