Hi Instead of dropping the table, I would like to archive the old table into a format that can be read and retrieved.
Can I db_dump on each child table? What is the best way to do it? db_dump and make the data into csv and then tar.gz it or backup it up into a pg archived format? thanks, jb On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:33 PM, A. Kretschmer < andreas.kretsch...@schollglas.com> wrote: > In response to Juan Backson : > > Hi, > > > > I am using Postgres to store CDR data for voip switches. The data size > quickly > > goes about a few TBs. > > > > What I would like to do is to be able to regularly archive the oldest > data so > > only the most recent 6 months of data is available. > > > > All those old data will be stored in a format that can be retrieved back > either > > into DB table or flat files. > > > > Does anyone know how should I go about doing that? Is there any existing > tool > > that can already do that? > > Sounds like table partitioning: create, for instance, a table for each > month and DROP old tables after 6 month or so. > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/ddl-partitioning.html > > > Regards, Andreas > -- > Andreas Kretschmer > Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) > GnuPG: 0x31720C99, 1006 CCB4 A326 1D42 6431 2EB0 389D 1DC2 3172 0C99 > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >