Export a CREATE script for a database

Question

Say I\'ve created a database in pgAdmin, but I want to export a CREATE sql file.

How would I go about generating the dump?

Answer 1

Here's how to use pgAdmin to create a schema script that can be used with a PostgreSql database schema comparison tool such as apgdiff. These instructions are for pgAdmin3.

1. In pgAdmin, right click on the database and click Backup.
2. Enter an appropriate path and filename (i.e. /some/path/my_script.sql).
3. Select Plain as the format in the format dropdown.
4. Go to the Dump Options #1 tab and check "Only schema".
5. Then click Backup. Then click Done.

Note: Yes, I realize that pgAdmin uses pg_dump behind the scenes to create the script, but the question was about pgAdmin, so this is the GUI method.