PostgreSQL useful tips

Oct 20, 2012 • Pradeep Pant

I am posting some of the PostgreSQL commands which I use frequently.

Create a new database name testdb

# createdb e.g: [code lang=”sql”] \# createdb testdb [/code] Remove a PostgreSQL database \# dropdb e.g: [code lang=”sql”] \# dropdb testdb [/code]

Backing up a PostgreSQL database
[code lang=”sql”]
# su – postgres
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[code lang=”sql”]
# pg_dump –blob -Fc testdb -f /var/lib/pgsql/backups/testdb_backup
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Restoring PostgreSQL database from back up dump
[code lang=”sql”]
# pg_restore –dbname=testdb /var/lib/pgsql/backups/testdb_backup
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Writing query output to a CSV file:
[code lang=”sql”]
# \o ‘tmp/logs/query_out_dump.csv’
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After this operation all the query results will be stored in a CSV file.
Using console again for query output:
[code lang=”sql”]
# \o
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For more on pg_dump and pg_restore pl. check the documentation