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Export data from PostgreSQL table to SQL file

Connect to PostgreSQL -> Choose PostgreSQL table -> Set SQL file options -> Export PostgreSQL to SQL

export PostgreSQL table to SQL file - Choose PostgreSQL and logon

“Export From Table” for “PostgreSQL to SQL”.

Export data from PostgreSQL Table To SQL File - task window

Select SQL file type.

Export data from PostgreSQL Table To SQL File - select SQL file type

1. Choose PostgreSQL table.

Unload data from PostgreSQL Table To SQL File - select table

2. Set SQL file options.

Extract data from PostgreSQL Table To SQL File - enter file name

3. Set rows options.

Convert data from PostgreSQL Table To SQL File - summary

4. Export PostgreSQL data to SQL file.

Dump data from PostgreSQL Table To SQL File - export

After exporting, you can view output SQL files.

Export data from PostgreSQL Table To SQL File - view SQL file

PostgreSQL → SQL reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in PostgreSQL	in SQL
Int	`integer`	`INT`
Bigint	`bigint`	`BIGINT`
Decimal	`numeric(p,s)`	`DECIMAL(p,s)`
Float	`double precision`	`DOUBLE PRECISION`
Text	`varchar(n)`	`VARCHAR(n)`
Long text	`text`	`TEXT / CLOB`
Date	`date`	`DATE`
Datetime	`timestamp`	`TIMESTAMP`
Binary	`bytea`	`BLOB / BYTEA`
Boolean	`boolean`	`BOOLEAN / SMALLINT`
JSON	`jsonb`	`JSON / TEXT`

Dialect differences

PostgreSQL is a database server and SQL is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference – the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.

Property	in PostgreSQL	in SQL
port	`5432`	`—`
identifiers	`"double quotes"`	`Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...`
row limit	`LIMIT n`	`—`
dates	`timestamp, timestamptz, date, time`	`Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...`
long text	`TEXT`	`—`
binary	`BYTEA`	`Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()`
separator	`—`	`Statement terminators (;)`
encoding	`—`	`No declaration`
typing	`—`	`Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee...`
shape	`Tables of rows and columns`	`Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows`
ceiling	`—`	`No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i...`

Command line

Side	Command
PostgreSQL	`pg_dump or COPY ... TO`
PostgreSQL (load)	`COPY ... FROM`

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