[postgis-users] export/import

[Paul Ramsey]

There are two "importable" forms. One is the form you are quoting. The 
other is the "canonical" form, the text form which maps directly to a 
database object. It is what you get if you do a simple "select geom 
from thetable", or a simple database dump. It will import just time. 
Try using "pg_dump -t" to dump a table. It will be perfectly restorable.
Paul

On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 07:51 PM, John Hagstrand wrote:

> How do I export to a backup text file and then import it back in?  The 
> only
> way I know to insert the geom column is like this
> "GeometryFromText('POINT(-122.66 45.54)', 4326)".  But I don't anyway 
> to
> export it in that format.
> Thanks
> John
>
>
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      Paul Ramsey
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