Working between Windows and Unix
Hello:
I am working on Windows and Unix with Postgresql (newbie, so please be
kind). I use phppgadmin on both platforms. Windows is my local
machine. Linux (CentOS as usual) is the cpanel thing that my hosting
provider offers.
Basically this setup works well and I am learning the ropes. But the
problem is with exporting data and structure. Phppgadmin does not
allow exporting to SQL of the database on Windows platform. I see this
error:
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<b>Notice</b>: Undefined offset: 1 in
<b>D:\Code\phppg\dbexport.php</b> on line <b>75</b><br />
<br />
<b>Notice</b>: Undefined offset: 1 in
<b>D:\Code\phppg\dbexport.php</b> on line <b>78</b><br />
Dumping of complex table and schema names on Windows is not supported.
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Failing this, what else can I do? How can I simply take all my data
and structure from here and put it up?
I also want this method to be fast because I have a table with about
2.5 million rows (I know it is nothing compared to other discussions
that people post here, but it is a lot for my machine).
Many thanks!
Why dont you use the pg_dump (
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/backup-dump.html) utility of
PostgreSQL. Use the -s switch for taking just the schema and -a for taking
the data dumps. Try that and let us know if you face a problem doing so.
--
Shoaib Mir
EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com)
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On 4/2/07, Erick Papadakis <erick.papa@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello:
I am working on Windows and Unix with Postgresql (newbie, so please be
kind). I use phppgadmin on both platforms. Windows is my local
machine. Linux (CentOS as usual) is the cpanel thing that my hosting
provider offers.Basically this setup works well and I am learning the ropes. But the
problem is with exporting data and structure. Phppgadmin does not
allow exporting to SQL of the database on Windows platform. I see this
error:--------------QUOTE--------------------
<br />
<b>Notice</b>: Undefined offset: 1 in
<b>D:\Code\phppg\dbexport.php</b> on line <b>75</b><br />
<br />
<b>Notice</b>: Undefined offset: 1 in
<b>D:\Code\phppg\dbexport.php</b> on line <b>78</b><br />
Dumping of complex table and schema names on Windows is not supported.
--------------END QUOTE--------------------Failing this, what else can I do? How can I simply take all my data
and structure from here and put it up?I also want this method to be fast because I have a table with about
2.5 million rows (I know it is nothing compared to other discussions
that people post here, but it is a lot for my machine).Many thanks!
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Erick Papadakis wrote:
Hello:
I am working on Windows and Unix with Postgresql (newbie, so please be
kind). I use phppgadmin on both platforms. Windows is my local
machine. Linux (CentOS as usual) is the cpanel thing that my hosting
provider offers.Basically this setup works well and I am learning the ropes. But the
problem is with exporting data and structure. Phppgadmin does not
allow exporting to SQL of the database on Windows platform. I see this
error:--------------QUOTE--------------------
<br />
<b>Notice</b>: Undefined offset: 1 in
<b>D:\Code\phppg\dbexport.php</b> on line <b>75</b><br />
<br />
<b>Notice</b>: Undefined offset: 1 in
<b>D:\Code\phppg\dbexport.php</b> on line <b>78</b><br />
Dumping of complex table and schema names on Windows is not supported.
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This usually means the output of pg_dump -i is not working correctly.
Have you got the correct path for pg_dump on your server?
Is pg_dump available on your server (where phpPgAdmin is running)?
You will need to edit conf/config.inc.php and set the correct path for
pg_dump, once you've done that, you should get the correct output.
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Failing this, what else can I do? How can I simply take all my data
and structure from here and put it up?I also want this method to be fast because I have a table with about
2.5 million rows (I know it is nothing compared to other discussions
that people post here, but it is a lot for my machine).Many thanks!
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On 4/2/07, Russell Smith <mr-russ@pws.com.au> wrote:
Erick Papadakis wrote:
Hello:
I am working on Windows and Unix with Postgresql (newbie, so please be
kind). I use phppgadmin on both platforms. Windows is my local
machine. Linux (CentOS as usual) is the cpanel thing that my hosting
provider offers.Basically this setup works well and I am learning the ropes. But the
problem is with exporting data and structure. Phppgadmin does not
allow exporting to SQL of the database on Windows platform. I see this
error:--------------QUOTE--------------------
<br />
<b>Notice</b>: Undefined offset: 1 in
<b>D:\Code\phppg\dbexport.php</b> on line <b>75</b><br />
<br />
<b>Notice</b>: Undefined offset: 1 in
<b>D:\Code\phppg\dbexport.php</b> on line <b>78</b><br />
Dumping of complex table and schema names on Windows is not supported.
--------------END QUOTE--------------------This usually means the output of pg_dump -i is not working correctly.
Have you got the correct path for pg_dump on your server?
Is pg_dump available on your server (where phpPgAdmin is running)?You will need to edit conf/config.inc.php and set the correct path for
pg_dump, once you've done that, you should get the correct output.
How can I find the path for pg_dump? You mean on Windows or on Linux?
I am unable to make the "dump" or SQL backup from my Windows machine
to begin with!
If I were to use pg_dump without phppgadmin, how can I do it? When I
use pgadmin III to do "backup" of the database, it takes me to a
dialog box with some options, but I just cannot get the OK button to
go active in this dialog box. So I cannot do backup that way.
Next, I tried to use pgsql and tried this:
postgres=# pg_dump MYDB > d:\mydb.sql
history is not supported by this installation
What does this mean? History not supported?
The manual on pgsql website about pg_dump gives very little info about
where to execute the command.
Thanks!
On 02/04/2007 19:51, Erick Papadakis wrote:
How can I find the path for pg_dump? You mean on Windows or on Linux?
I am unable to make the "dump" or SQL backup from my Windows machine
to begin with!
On my laptop (WinXP) it's in c:\program files\postgresql\8.2\bin. I've
added this to my system PATH so that I don't have to type it every time....
postgres=# pg_dump MYDB > d:\mydb.sql
It's a command-line program: you don't run it from within psql, but
directly at the shell prompt. For example, on my machine:
C:\Documents and Settings\rod>psql dbname > dumpfile.sql
You might have to specify the database user as which to connect, using
the -U option - see the docs for all options.
The manual on pgsql website about pg_dump gives very little info about
where to execute the command.
The examples in the docs all begin with the shell prompt '$'.
Ray.
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rod@iol.ie
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