Re: Execute pg_dump using psql

We think we have found the cause and it will be fixed in 8.0 beta2.

I assume you are testing 8.0beta1?

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Richard Harris wrote:
>  Hi,
>
> I found my problem. When I put the 'pg_dump' command in a file, I used a
> 'Windows' editor instead of a 'Unix' editor. This appears to have caused
> the problem. When I converted to file from 'DOS' to 'Unix' format, psql
> executed the command in the file with no error. Sorry for the false
> alarm.
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Harris
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 12:25 PM
> To: 'pgsql-admin@postgresql.org'
> Subject: Execute pg_dump using psql
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use the psql application to execute pg_dump to backup a
> database named test_db. When I run psql interactively, as user dba
> connected to database test_db, and enter the command
>
> \! pg_dump -U dba -f /backup/adp_test_db.bak -F c test_db
>
> The command executes with no error and the database gets backed up.
> However, when I put the command in the file /backup/backup.cmd and pass
> the file to psql as
>
> psql -f /backup/backup.cmd test_db dba
>
> The command fails with the message " does not exist  database
> "test_dbdatabase "test_db.
>
> Please tell me what I am doing wrong.
>
> Thanks,
> Rich Harris
>
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