Hi,
i have a problem with pgadminIII 1.2.2 (deb build) on debian. I access
a remote postgres database (8.0.3) on linux.

the "Tools->Backup" and "Tools->Restore" functionality is always
deactivated! Doesn't matter where i am in the database tree.

About my system:
* I don't have a local postgres database installed on my machine where
the pgadminIII client is running.
* The "/usr/pgsql/bin" directory on the remote linux machine is not in the path.

could one of these be the reason for my problem? i can't install a
local postgres db on my machine where pgadmin is running, nor can i
change the path on the remote linux machine.

or am i just missing a silly thing!?

thanks,
chris

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Christian Sengstock wrote:
> Hi,
> i have a problem with pgadminIII 1.2.2 (deb build) on debian. I access
> a remote postgres database (8.0.3) on linux.
>
> the "Tools->Backup" and "Tools->Restore" functionality is always
> deactivated! Doesn't matter where i am in the database tree.
>
> About my system:
> * I don't have a local postgres database installed on my machine where
> the pgadminIII client is running.
> * The "/usr/pgsql/bin" directory on the remote linux machine is not in the path.
>
> could one of these be the reason for my problem?

You need the executables in the path for pgAdmin.

Regards,
Andreas

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On Nov 18, 2005, at 5:45 AM, Andreas Pflug wrote:

> You need the executables in the path for pgAdmin.


I was wondering about this also for OS X. I got it to work by putting
pg_dump and pg_restore inside pgAdmin OS X package (MacOS folder). Is
this what you mean by "in the path" -- same directory as the executable?

I could not find any information about setting this up in the
documentation.

BTW, the option to set the file location in OS X using the standard
file dialog is broken (button with 3 dots next to the path). You
can't specify a path unless you choose an existing file. Basically,
an "open" file dialog is used rather than one that allows you to
specify the path.


John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL


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