[GENERAL] How to copy tables between databases?

2008-02-26 Thread Kynn Jones
Is there a simple way to copy a table from one database to another without generating an intermediate dump file? TIA! Kynn

Re: [GENERAL] How to copy tables between databases?

2008-02-26 Thread Tom Hart
Kynn Jones wrote: Is there a simple way to copy a table from one database to another without generating an intermediate dump file? TIA! Kynn You're looking for ETL. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract%2C_transform%2C_load -- Tom Hart IT Specialist Cooperative Federal 723 Westcott St.

Re: [GENERAL] How to copy tables between databases?

2008-02-26 Thread Dawid Kuroczko
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Kynn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a simple way to copy a table from one database to another without generating an intermediate dump file? Using UNIX pipes :-) $ pg_dump ... | psql ... :-) Regards, Dawid ---(end

Re: [GENERAL] How to copy tables between databases?

2008-02-26 Thread Richard Huxton
Kynn Jones wrote: Is there a simple way to copy a table from one database to another without generating an intermediate dump file? Something along the lines of: pg_dump ... -d db1 --table=mytable | psql -d db2 -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd ---(end of

Re: [GENERAL] How to copy tables between databases?

2008-02-26 Thread Uwe C. Schroeder
On Tuesday 26 February 2008, Kynn Jones wrote: Is there a simple way to copy a table from one database to another without generating an intermediate dump file? TIA! Kynn pg_dump -t [table] [database] | psql -U [remoteuser] -h [remotehost] [remotedatabase] comes to mind... You can and

Re: [GENERAL] How to copy tables between databases?

2008-02-26 Thread Brad Nicholson
On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 15:19 -0500, Kynn Jones wrote: Is there a simple way to copy a table from one database to another without generating an intermediate dump file? pg_dump -t table name source DB | psql -d target DB -- Brad Nicholson 416-673-4106 Database Administrator, Afilias Canada

Re: [GENERAL] How to copy tables between databases?

2008-02-26 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Brad Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 15:19 -0500, Kynn Jones wrote: Is there a simple way to copy a table from one database to another without generating an intermediate dump file? pg_dump -t table name source DB | psql -d