Re: why no answer? [Fwd: backup and restore just with use

On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 23:28, zuhans@iname.com wrote:
> hello,
> 
> thank you for your short - but informative - answers!
> i don't know why this very very important thing isn't implemented by
> the jdbc (and other...) driver. it shouldn't only be managable by
> those sitting in front of the machine but also via my program to
> handle some critical situation in the way i want it to be done (and if
> i hoste my webapp somewhere in another continent, i won't be able to
> sit in front of the servers console-screen).
> 
> to recode pg_dump is far off my time and (maybe) skills. why isn't it
> implemented for easier access?

Well, pg_dump doesn't have to be run on the server, it can be run on a
client halfway around the world from the server and work just fine.