Обсуждение: Upgrade to PGSQL 8.2 Problem
hi all, i'm trying to upgrade my windows dev box to pgsql 8.2. i currently have 8.1 istalled. i've read through the docs and here is what i want to do: 1. install 8.2.0-1 alongside 8.1. 2. pg_dumpall > db.out # using 8.2's psql. 3. path to psql.exe> psql -d postgres -f db.out # using 8.2's psql. before i get started, though, i want to pg_dumpall from my current installation (8.1). 1. start windows' cli 2. navigate to psql.exe directory 3. psql [db name] 4. [db name]-# pg_dumpall db.out after i hit enter, it returns the psql command line: [db name]-# when i search my file system for db.out, though, it doesn't exist. what am i doing wrong? i have been doing this via pgadmin in the past (maybe once or twice in a couple years), but i want to get more familiar with the the cli and psql. tia... oe1 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now.
--- Phillip Smith <phillip.smith@weatherbeeta.com.au> wrote: > Do you not need to redirect the output with a '>' > symbol? > 4. [db name]-# pg_dumpall > db.out > > That's how we do it on Linux anyway :D > > -p Phillip, yes, you are correct. i did, however, i didn't include it in my email description (my apologize for adding confusion). 1. start windows' cli 2. navigate to psql.exe directory 3. psql [db name] 4. [db name]-# pg_dumpall > db.out after i hit enter, it quickly returns the psql command line: [db name]-# however, db.out is nowhere to be found on my c: drive. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited
> > 4. [db name]-# pg_dumpall > db.out Are you specifing the postgres username and and password for pg_dumpall. Regards, Richard Broersma Jr.
operationsengineer1@yahoo.com wrote: > hi all, > > i'm trying to upgrade my windows dev box to pgsql 8.2. > i currently have 8.1 istalled. > > i've read through the docs and here is what i want to > do: > > 1. install 8.2.0-1 alongside 8.1. > 2. pg_dumpall > db.out # using 8.2's psql. > 3. path to psql.exe> psql -d postgres -f db.out # > using 8.2's psql. > > before i get started, though, i want to pg_dumpall > from my current installation (8.1). > > 1. start windows' cli > 2. navigate to psql.exe directory > 3. psql [db name] > 4. [db name]-# pg_dumpall db.out > > after i hit enter, it returns the psql command line: > > [db name]-# > > when i search my file system for db.out, though, it > doesn't exist. > > what am i doing wrong? i have been doing this via > pgadmin in the past (maybe once or twice in a couple > years), but i want to get more familiar with the the > cli and psql. > pg_dumpall is a command-line program, just like psql. It is not run from within psql. It looks like that is your confusion. Sean
--- Sean Davis <sdavis2@mail.nih.gov> wrote: > operationsengineer1@yahoo.com wrote: > > hi all, > > > > i'm trying to upgrade my windows dev box to pgsql > 8.2. > > i currently have 8.1 istalled. > > > > i've read through the docs and here is what i want > to > > do: > > > > 1. install 8.2.0-1 alongside 8.1. > > 2. pg_dumpall > db.out # using 8.2's psql. > > 3. path to psql.exe> psql -d postgres -f db.out # > > using 8.2's psql. > > > > before i get started, though, i want to pg_dumpall > > from my current installation (8.1). > > > > 1. start windows' cli > > 2. navigate to psql.exe directory > > 3. psql [db name] > > 4. [db name]-# pg_dumpall db.out > > > > after i hit enter, it returns the psql command > line: > > > > [db name]-# > > > > when i search my file system for db.out, though, > it > > doesn't exist. > > > > what am i doing wrong? i have been doing this via > > pgadmin in the past (maybe once or twice in a > couple > > years), but i want to get more familiar with the > the > > cli and psql. > > > pg_dumpall is a command-line program, just like > psql. It is not run > from within psql. It looks like that is your > confusion. > > Sean Sean, i agree. that is my confusion. alright. i'll try it tomorrow. i'll follow Richard's advice and do the user and password options. hopefully, all goes well. thanks for clarifying this. oe1 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited
On Thursday 14 December 2006 08:52, operationsengineer1@yahoo.com wrote: > > pg_dumpall is a command-line program, just like > > psql. It is not run > > from within psql. It looks like that is your > > confusion. > > > > Sean > > Sean, i agree. that is my confusion. alright. i'll > try it tomorrow. i'll follow Richard's advice and do > the user and password options. hopefully, all goes > well. > > thanks for clarifying this. > > oe1 So instead of > > 3. psql [db name] > > 4. [db name]-# pg_dumpall db.out you should do something like this (on linux): /path/to/pg_bin/pg_dumpall > /path/to/dump/dir/db.out or maybe /path/to/pg_bin/pg_dumpall -c > /path/to/dump/dir/db.out and then /path/to/pg_bin/psql [-E template1 | ENCODING] < ../db.out BR, -- Aarni Ruuhimäki
> Sean, i agree. that is my confusion. alright. i'll > try it tomorrow. i'll follow Richard's advice and do > the user and password options. hopefully, all goes > well. I am currently working on a dos .bat file that will create dumpfiles. In my case I want to add the system date to the dump files name so that any older dumpfiles do not get overwritten. Once my script is finished I plan to called it from the windows scheduler to preform a backup once a day. If you are interested I will post it once I am finished. However, be warned that my dos/bat scripting skills are very weak so don't expect an elegant solution. :-) This is the closest solution to the shell script and cron job that I can get with default windows. Regards, Richard Broersma Jr.