Prompt Detail:
To backup a PostgreSQL database in SQL format using pgAdmin 4 and then restore it using the same tool, you can follow these steps:
Backup:
- Open pgAdmin 4 and connect to the PostgreSQL database server.
- Expand the server group, and then expand the server.
- Expand the Databases node and locate the database you want to back up.
- Right-click on the database and select "Backup..."
- In the Backup dialog, choose a destination folder for the backup file by clicking on the "..." button next to the "Filename" field.
- Enter a name for the backup file in the "Filename" field, ending with the ".sql" extension (e.g., "backup.sql").
- Under the "Format" tab, select "Plain" as the backup format.
- Click on the "Backup" button to start the backup process.
- Wait for the backup to complete. Once finished, you will have a SQL backup file of your database.
Restore:
- Open pgAdmin 4 and connect to the PostgreSQL database server.
- Expand the server group, and then expand the server.
- Expand the Databases node and locate the target database where you want to restore the backup.
- Right-click on the database and select "Restore..."
- In the Restore dialog, click on the "..." button next to the "Filename" field to select the backup file you want to restore.
- Locate and select the SQL backup file you created earlier and click "Open."
- Under the "Options" tab, ensure that the "Clean before restore" and "Only data" options are checked, if you want to perform a clean data-only restore.
- Click on the "Restore" button to start the restore process.
- Wait for the restore to complete. Once finished, the database will be restored to the state it was at the time of the backup.
Note: It's essential to ensure that you have appropriate permissions to perform backups and restores on the database server.
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