Make a dump of a database

[William Moreno]

I am looking and pg8000 docs looking for a way to do a dump (backup) of a postgresql db, but even in postgresql docs all references to a database dump refers to pg_dump. I am not sure if a database dump may posible vía pg8000 or may be a feature for news releases.

[Mathieu Fenniak]

Hey William,

It's not possible.  It's just not the right tool for the job; pg8000 is just a library for accessing a PostgreSQL database from Python.  Dumping a database is a large and complex application that would use a library like pg8000.

pg_dump is the right tool for performing a database backup.  It uses PostgreSQL's native libpq rather than a library like pg8000, but effectively it's an application written with a library for the purpose of doing exactly what you're asking for.

Mathieu

On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 11:33 AM William Moreno <william...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am looking and pg8000 docs looking for a way to do a dump (backup) of a postgresql db, but even in postgresql docs all references to a database dump refers to pg_dump. I am not sure if a database dump may posible vía pg8000 or may be a feature for news releases.

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