PostgreSQL: Export database to .sql file

command, database, export, postgresql, postgresql-9.1

Solution

pg_dump defaults to plain SQL export. both data and structure.

open command prompt and run `pg_dump -U username -h localhost databasename >> sqlfile.sql`

Above command is preferable as most of the times there will be an error which will be something like - `...FATAL: Peer authentication failed for user ...`

Problem

I want to export my database as a `.sql` file. Can someone help me? The solutions I have found don't work. A detailed description please. On Windows 7.

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