pg_dump Command Examples

Extract a PostgreSQL database into a script file or other archive file. More information: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgdump.html.

• Dump database into an SQL-script file:

pg_dump {{db_name}} > {{output_file.sql}}

• Same as above, customize username:

pg_dump {{[-U|--username]}} {{username}} {{db_name}} > {{output_file.sql}}

• Same as above, customize host and port:

pg_dump {{[-h|--host]}} {{host}} {{[-p|--port]}} {{port}} {{db_name}} > {{output_file.sql}}

• Dump a database into a custom-format archive file:

pg_dump {{[-F|--format]}} {{[c|custom]}} {{db_name}} > {{output_file.dump}}

• Dump only database data into an SQL-script file:

pg_dump {{[-a|--data-only]}} {{db_name}} > {{path/to/output_file.sql}}

• Dump only schema (data definitions) into an SQL-script file:

pg_dump {{[-s|--schema-only]}} {{db_name}} > {{path/to/output_file.sql}}