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PostgreSQL Database Operations and Functionalities

Database Operations

Exporting a Database

To export a database to a text file or to back up the entire database system, perform the following steps:

Exporting to a Text File

Step 1 Export a database into a text file by entering the following command:

pg_dump –x databasename > outfile

Note "-x" is optional. When it is used, the “dumped” database loses the ownership information.

Step 2 Reload the dataset by entering the following command:

psql –e database < outfile

Note "-e" is optional. When it is used, every log message “echoes” on the screen.

Backing Up the Database System

You can back up the database system file directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base into a tar file.

Reintializing a Database

To reinitialize a database, the existing database must be destroyed, and a new one must be created. To reinitialize a database, performing the following steps:

Step 1 Destroy the database by entering the following command with “csrdb” as the name of the database:

dropdb csrdb

Note The database to be destroyed must not be connected to the CSR application, CSR GUI, and pgsql.

Step 2 Create a new database by entering the following command:

createcsrdb csrdb

After the database is re-created, the CSR and CSR GUI can be restarted and connected to the new database. If “csrdb” is not used as the name of the database, note the following:

To have CSR started upon reboot of the Solaris system, modify the following files:

etc/init.d/csr_init

/etc/rc2.d/S99csr_init

To start CSR from the command prompt, specify the database name in command csr newdbname &

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Cisco Systems Version 1.1 manual Exporting a Database, Reintializing a Database

Version 1.1 specifications

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