On 23 December 2015 at 11:07, John R Pierce <pie...@hogranch.com> wrote:
> On 12/23/2015 1:40 AM, Killian Driscoll wrote: > > Try it with plain pg_dump. >> >> pg_dump -h localhost -p 5432 -Fc <dbname> > dump.sql >> >> pg_restore -h localhost -p 5532 dump.sql >> > > I tried this, but nothing appears to happen when entering the commands. > Attached is a screenshot of the shell window - what am I doing wrong? > > > > those are system shell commands, not psql sql commands. catch-22, in > the windows environment, postgresql's command tools probably aren't in the > path, so to execute the above commands try this... > > start -> run -> *CMD* <enter> > > (or, click on an 'Command Prompt' shortcut). > > C:\Users\YourName> *path "c:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.4\bin";%path%* > C:\Users\YourName>* pg_dump -Fc -p 5432 **<dbname>** | pg_restore -p > 5532* > Thanks. When I do this I get an error: could not find a "pg_dump" to execute - I've used the path *"C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin";%path% *which appears to be correct > > > if your postgres is installed somewhere else, replace "c:\Program > Files\PostgreSQL\9.4\bin" in the PATH command with its actual location > \bin .... > > > > > > -- > john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz > >
