[postgis-users] Error in dumping the database

[tasneem dewaswala]

I am using built-in SQL shell available while postgre installation
and i tried with pgadmin but it gives me same error.

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Sandro Santilli <strk at keybit.net> wrote:

> Maybe you're not using a unix-like shell ?
> Did you give pgadmin a try ? I'm sure it can make dumps.
>
> --strk;
>
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 04:24:56PM +0530, tasneem dewaswala wrote:
> > I tried it from the shell also, but it still gives me the same error
> > can you tell me proper way of working with shell, since i am not used to
> > work with that.
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Sandro Santilli <strk at keybit.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 04:07:00PM +0530, tasneem dewaswala wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to take a backup of my database using
> > > >
> > > > pg_dump -Ft *mydatabasename* > *mydatabase*.tar;
> > > >
> > > > but it gives me an error as "syntax error at or near "pg_dump""
> > > > i don't understand what is the problem.
> > >
> > > You have to run it from a shell, not from the psql monitor.
> > > Also, I'd recommend -Fc, not -Ft, for possible use with
> postgis_restore.pl[1]
> > >
> > > [1]
> > >
> http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-1.5/ch02.html#hard_upgrade
> > >
> > > --strk;
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