I'm hosting my db using AWS RDS and I'm trying to backup tables. However once it's finished backing up, where is the downloaded on my computer?
Doesn't seem like theres a path to save the file
I've checked a couple of answers and others are having same issue
https://stackoverflow.com/a/29246636/11110509
The "Filename" element in that dialog box lets you pick a directory as well as file name. That is where it is. If you just typed in a filename without giving a path, then on Windows it is probably in your user's "Documents" folder.
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I have a .sql file (db) which I am trying to import using myphpadmin and keep getting a time out error.
The file is 46.6 MB (zipped)
Please note I am not on XAMPP but using a Godaddy myphpAdmin platform to manage the database.
What I've tried:
Re-downloaded the file as a zip file - and tried importing it. Still failed.
For this option given in phpmyadmin import, I tried UNSELECTING this option > "Allow the interruption of an import in case the script detects it is close to the PHP timeout limit. (This might be a good way to import large files, however it can break transactions.)"....and I also tried importing the db keeping it selected, but this failed. Which should it be?
What else can I do?
nothing worked, except SSH.
What you need:
Database (that you are importing into) username and password
Cpanel username and password + IP address (for Putty)
I had to upload the .sql file to a folder on the public_html.
Download pUtty
In putty I needed the IP address (hosting server) as well as the cpanel username and password (so have that handy).
Once in, you have to enter your cpanel's password
Use the "cd" change directory command to change directory to where you have placed your .sql file.
Once there, use the following command:
mysql -p -u user_name database_name < file.sql*
(Note: replace 'user_name', 'database_name', and 'file.sql' with the actual name.)**
You will be prompted for your database password, and then your database will be imported.
Useful link: https://www.siteground.co.uk/kb/exportimport-mysql-database-via-ssh/
You can try unzipping the file locally and importing the uncompressed .sql file; the overhead of uncompressing the file in memory could be the problem for phpMyAdmin. Generally, though, what Shadow said is correct and you should use some other means for import (like the command-line client). You could also use the phpMyAdmin UploadDir feature to put the file on the file in a special folder that phpMyAdmin can directly access on the server. This can help with a lot of the resource limits the webserver imposes.
I am trying to backup one of my databases in PostgreSQL pgAdmin tool. I used this tutorial:
backup database with pgAdmin
After finishing that I want to have the file. In that tutorial it says that we can use the Storage Manager to download the backup file on the client machine. After that from this link I wanted to access the Storage Manager. It says that "You can access Storage Manager from the Tools Menu", but from my system there is not any option with that name:
What is the problem and how could I obtain the backup database file?
If you are not running pgAdmin4 in server mode, then there is no storage manager. The storage manager is only relevant when the computer from which you run the pgAdmin4 GUI is different from the computer where the pgAdmin4 app-server is running.
When you took the backup, you told it where to save the file although not in a very user-friendly way. It asks for a filename, and there are three dots you can click to browse for a directory into which to put the file. But if you don't avail yourself of the three dots, then you don't know where it is going to put the file, it just uses an apparently OS-dependent default and doesn't tell you what it is. I usually find in my "Documents" folder. (Well, I usually don't use pgAdmin4 in the first place as it makes everything harder than just using the command line is, but when I do use it...)
In a production server (Windows Server 2012 R2), we run out of space in the main HDD where a PostgreSQL 9.3 database was stored, so I had to move out the data directory to another drive. I followed all the steps to do it that, stop the server, move the data directory, change the folder permissions and change the -D start parameters.
I could start the server, but it only shows the default postgres db and user (I checked in pgAdmin and psql). All the files are there, even if I try to recreate the same user, I get an user already exist error. I also confirmed if the server started with the new directory (SHOW data_directory;).
Then I move back all the files to the original drive and I have the same problem.
I also checked the logs, but it shows nothing relevant to the problem.
My goal is to import csv file to postgresql database.
my file is located in network shared folder and I do not have no option to make it in a local folder.
My Folder located in :
"smb://file-srv/doc/myfile.csv"
When I run my this PostgreSQL script:
COPY tbl_data
FROM 'smb://file-srv/doc/myfile.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
I would get this error :
ERROR: could not open file "smb://file-srv/doc/myfile.csv" for reading: No such file or directory
SQL state: 58P01
I have no problem to access the file and open it.
I am using PostgreSQL 9.6 under Ubuntu 16.04.
Please Advice how to fix this problem.
Update
When I try to access the file with postgres user I would have same error:
postgres#file-srv:~$$ cat smb://file-srv/doc/myfile.csv
cat: 'smb://file-srv/doc/myfile.csv' : No such file or directory
As I mention when I user mounted folder I created I can access the file.
it is about permission. you have to check read access on file and folders.
also, logging with superuser access may solve your problem.
In short, this is a permissions issue: Your network share is likely locally mounted to your user's UID, while the PostgreSQL server is running as the postgres user.
Second, when you log into your database, there is not an overlap between the database's users and the system's users, even if you have the same username. This means that when you request a file from your network share, the DB user, in this case postgres, does not have the necessary permissions.
To see this, and assuming you have root access on the box in question, you might try to become the postgres user and see that you cannot access the file:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ cat /run/user/.../smb.../yourfile.csv
Permission denied
The fix to your issue will involve -- somehow -- making the file or share accessible to the postgres user. Copying is certainly the quickest way. But that's off the table. You could mount the share (perhaps as read only) as the postgres user. You might do this in fstab.
However, unless this is going to be an automated detail that happens regularly, this seems like heroics. Without more information as to why you can't copy locally, I suggest copying the file locally.
AWS RDS PostgreSQL instance able to connect from another PostgreSQL client but not able to see data directory and configuration files .is there any way to edit/view data directory and configuration files
If you want to work with file system, use EC2 instances with postgres installed and configured as you wish. Neither postgres.conf, nor hba.conf cant be edited directly on file system.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Appendix.PostgreSQL.CommonDBATasks.html#Appendix.PostgreSQL.CommonDBATasks.Parameters
Instead use amazon provided interface to change supported parameters or use SET command where possible...