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# dump of your database in plain text. It creates tables, views, etc
# for exporting multiple tables only, you can repeat parameter -t
pg_dump --host <IP> --port 5432 --username "myuser" \
--format plain --create --encoding UTF8 -v \
--file "/my/path/file.sql" "db_name"

# or, with short opts and wrapping all SQL statements inside a transaction with automatic ROLLBACK
psql -U postgres -p 5433 --single-transaction -f /my/path/file.sql db_name

# Import of a SQL dump. Be sure to have write permissions in the current directory

chrisvoo

-- QUERIES OPERATIONS
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-- KILL ALL sessions FOR A DATABASE
SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pg_stat_activity.pid)
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE pg_stat_activity.datname = 'TARGET_DB'
  AND pid <> pg_backend_pid();

-- GETTING RUNNING QUERIES, version: 9.2+