###Command Line

pg_dump <database_name> -s -O -h <host> -U <username> -W -f <path_to_target_file> -n <schema_name> -n <schema_name>
  • -s Schema only, please. No data
  • -O (that’s an O as in “Oh”): don’t script ownership of objects
  • -h the host. If you’re on the box with the database, then localhost usually works
  • -U the username that you want to connect to the database with
  • -W prompt me for a password. If you don’t want this, then you will need to set the PG_PASS environment variable
  • -n schema name. Postgres has the concept of schemas. Think of them as namespaces. You can pass a list with multiple -n or leave it blank and get all of them

The -h, -U and -W work with psql as well

###psql

within psql, \e will open your editor of choice. I usually use vim. It creates a file in

/tmp/psql.edit.<pid>

where pid is the process ID of psql. You edit your sql in that file. When you :wq to write and quit vim, psql will use that file as it’s command. So if you want it to execute, then make sure it ends with a semicolon; or it won’t run.

More to come. These are ones I’ve used today.