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pg_dump — Extract a PostgreSQL database into a script file or other archive file. More information: <https://w

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Problem

How to use the pg_dump command: Extract a PostgreSQL database into a script file or other archive file. More information: <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgdump.html>.

Solution

pg_dump — Extract a PostgreSQL database into a script file or other archive file. More information: <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgdump.html>.

Dump database into an SQL-script file:

pg_dump {{db_name}} > {{output_file.sql}}

Same as above, customize username:

pg_dump {{[-U|--username]}} {{username}} {{db_name}} > {{output_file.sql}}

Same as above, customize host and port:

pg_dump {{[-h|--host]}} {{host}} {{[-p|--port]}} {{port}} {{db_name}} > {{output_file.sql}}

Dump a database into a custom-format archive file:

pg_dump {{[-F|--format]}} {{[c|custom]}} {{db_name}} > {{output_file.dump}}

Dump only database data into an SQL-script file:

pg_dump {{[-a|--data-only]}} {{db_name}} > {{path/to/output_file.sql}}

Dump only schema (data definitions) into an SQL-script file:

pg_dump {{[-s|--schema-only]}} {{db_name}} > {{path/to/output_file.sql}}

Code Snippets

Dump database into an SQL-script file

pg_dump {{db_name}} > {{output_file.sql}}

Same as above, customize username

pg_dump {{[-U|--username]}} {{username}} {{db_name}} > {{output_file.sql}}

Same as above, customize host and port

pg_dump {{[-h|--host]}} {{host}} {{[-p|--port]}} {{port}} {{db_name}} > {{output_file.sql}}

Dump a database into a custom-format archive file

pg_dump {{[-F|--format]}} {{[c|custom]}} {{db_name}} > {{output_file.dump}}

Dump only database data into an SQL-script file

pg_dump {{[-a|--data-only]}} {{db_name}} > {{path/to/output_file.sql}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pg_dump

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