I want to export a Postgres database into a CSV file. Is this possible?
If it is possible, then how can I do this? I have seen that we can convert a particular table into
Modified jlldoras brilliant answer by adding one line to prevent the script from trying to copy views:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION db_to_csv(path TEXT) RETURNS void AS $$
declare
tables RECORD;
statement TEXT;
begin
FOR tables IN
SELECT (table_schema || '.' || table_name) AS schema_table
FROM information_schema.tables t INNER JOIN information_schema.schemata s
ON s.schema_name = t.table_schema
WHERE t.table_schema NOT IN ('pg_catalog', 'information_schema', 'configuration')
AND t.table_type NOT IN ('VIEW')
ORDER BY schema_table
LOOP
statement := 'COPY ' || tables.schema_table || ' TO ''' || path || '/' || tables.schema_table || '.csv' ||''' DELIMITER '';'' CSV HEADER';
EXECUTE statement;
END LOOP;
return;
end;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;