Copy database with python..

[Carsten Haese]

On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 06:51 -0700, Abandoned wrote:
> Hi.
> I want to copy my database but python give me error when i use this
> command.
> cursor.execute("pg_dump mydata > old.dump")

cursor.execute executes SQL queries. pg_dump is not an SQL query, it is
an operating system command. To execute OS commands, use
os.system("...") or the subprocess module.

Hope this helps,

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Carsten Haese
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