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PGObject::Util::DBAdmin(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation PGObject::Util::DBAdmin(3pm)

NAME

PGObject::Util::DBAdmin - PostgreSQL Database Management Facilities for PGObject

VERSION

Version 0.130.1

SYNOPSIS

This module provides an interface to the basic Postgres db manipulation utilities. 

 my $db = PGObject::Util::DBAdmin->new(
    username => 'postgres',
    password => 'mypassword',
    host     => 'localhost',
    port     => '5432',
    dbname   => 'mydb'
 );

 my @dbnames = $db->list_dbs(); # like psql -l

 $db->create(); # createdb
 $db->run_file(file => 'sql/initial_schema.sql'); # psql -f

 my $filename = $db->backup(format => 'c'); # pg_dump -Fc

 my $db2 = PGObject::Util::DBAdmin->new($db->export, (dbname => 'otherdb'));

PROPERTIES

username

The username used to authenticate with the PostgreSQL server.

password

The password used to authenticate with the PostgreSQL server.

host

In PostgreSQL, this can refer to the hostname or the absolute path to the directory where the UNIX sockets are set up.

port

Default '5432'

dbname

The database name to create or connect to.

stderr

When applicable, the stderr output captured from any external commands (for example createdb or pg_restore) run during the previous method call. See notes in "CAPTURING".

stdout

When applicable, the stdout output captured from any external commands (for example createdb or pg_restore) run during the previous method call. See notes in "CAPTURING".

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new

Creates a new db admin object for manipulating databases.

export

Exports the database parameters in a hash so it can be used to create another object.

connect($options)

Connects to the database using DBI and returns a database connection.

Connection options may be specified in the $options hashref.

server_version

Returns a version string (like 9.1.4) for PostgreSQL. Croaks on error.

list_dbs

Returns a list of db names.

create

Creates a new database.

Croaks on error, returns true on success.

Supported arguments:

copy_of
Creates the new database as a copy of the specified one (using it as a template). Optional parameter. Default is to create a database without a template.

run_file

Run the specified file on the db.

After calling this method, STDOUT and STDERR output from the external utility which runs the file on the database are available as properties $db->stdout and $db->stderr respectively.

Croaks on error. Returns true on success.

Recognized arguments are:

file
Path to file to be run. This is a mandatory argument.
stdout_log
Provided for legacy compatibility. Optional argument. The full path of a file to which STDOUT from the external psql utility will be appended.
errlog
Provided for legacy compatibility. Optional argument. The full path of a file to which STDERR from the external psql utility will be appended.

backup

Creates a database backup file.

After calling this method, STDOUT and STDERR output from the external utility which runs the file on the database are available as properties $db->stdout and $db->stderr respectively.

Unlinks the output file and croaks on error.

Returns the full path of the file containining the backup.

Accepted parameters:

format
The specified format, for example c for custom. Defaults to plain text.
file
Full path of the file to which the backup will be written. If the file does not exist, one will be created with umask 0600. If the file exists, it will be overwritten, but its permissions will not be changed.

If undefined, a file will be created using File::Temp having umask 0600.

tempdir
The directory in which to write the backup file. Optional parameter. Uses File::Temp default if not defined. Ignored if file parameter is given.
compress
Optional parameter. Specifies the compression level to use and is passed to the underlying pg_dump command. Default is no compression.

backup_globals

This creates a file containing a plain text dump of global (inter-db) objects, such as users and tablespaces. It uses pg_dumpall to do this.

Being a plain text file, it can be restored using the run_file method.

Unlinks the output file and croaks on error.

Returns the full path of the file containining the backup.

Accepted parameters:

file
Full path of the file to which the backup will be written. If the file does not exist, one will be created with umask 0600. If the file exists, it will be overwritten, but its permissions will not be changed.

If undefined, a file will be created using File::Temp having umask 0600.

tempdir
The directory in which to write the backup file. Optional parameter. Uses File::Temp default if not defined. Ignored if file parameter is given.

restore

Restores from a saved file. Must pass in the file name as a named argument.

After calling this method, STDOUT and STDERR output from the external restore utility are available as properties $db->stdout and $db->stderr respectively.

Croaks on error. Returns true on success.

Recognized arguments are:

file
Path to file which will be restored to the database. Required.
format
The file format, for example c for custom. Defaults to plain text.

drop

Drops the database. This is not recoverable. Croaks on error, returns true on success.

CAPTURING

This module uses "Capture::Tiny" to run extenal commands and capture their output, which is made available through the "stderr" and "stdout" properties.

This capturing does not work if Perl's standard "STDOUT" or "STDERR" filehandles have been localized. In this situation, the localized filehandles are captured, but external system calls are not affected by the localization, so their output is sent to the original filehandles and is not captured.

See the "Capture::Tiny" documentation for more details.

AUTHOR

Chris Travers, "<chris at efficito.com>"

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-pgobject-util-dbadmin at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=PGObject-Util-DBAdmin>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. 

    perldoc PGObject::Util::DBAdmin

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2014-2018 Chris Travers.

This program is distributed under the (Revised) BSD License: <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause>

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

* Neither the name of Chris Travers's Organization nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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