On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 4:26 PM Nicolas Paris <nipari...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > What is the way to build a binary format (instead of a csv) ? Is there > specification for this file ? > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/sql-copy.html > > > Could I create such format from java ? > You can use COPY JDBC API to copy to STDOUT and then compress it before you use usual Java file operations to write it to a file. You will have to follow the reverse process while reading from this file and LOADING to a table. But why would you want to do that? > > I guess this would be far faster, and maybe safer than CSVs > I don't think assumption is right. COPY is not meant for backup, it is for LOAD and UN-LOAD. What you probably need is pg_dump with -Fc format. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-pgdump.html > > Thanks by advance, > -- -- Best Regards Sameer Kumar | DB Solution Architect *ASHNIK PTE. LTD.* 101 Cecil Street, #11-11 Tong Eng Building, Singapore 069 533 T: +65 6438 3504 | M: +65 8110 0350 | www.ashnik.com
