Allow sql dumping via the Makefile (#1916)

* make it possible to create a full dump of the instance, tables + data together * Update lib/IHP/Makefile.dist Co-authored-by: Amitai Burstein <[email protected]> * portable dump * dump * Update Guide/database.markdown --------- Co-authored-by: Amitai Burstein <[email protected]>
digitallyinduced · Feb 27, 2024 · cad6e0d · cad6e0d
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diff --git a/Guide/database.markdown b/Guide/database.markdown
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ You can also update the database while keeping its contents.
 
 When dumping the database into the `Fixtures.sql` first and then rebuilding the database with the dump, the contents will be kept when changing the schema.
 
+### Transferring/Backing Up DB
+
+To have the full database dumped in a portable manner, you can do `make sql_dump > /tmp/my_app.sql`, which will generate a full SQL database dump, without owner or ACL information.
+
 ## Haskell Bindings
 
 ### Model Context

diff --git a/lib/IHP/Makefile.dist b/lib/IHP/Makefile.dist
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ dumpdb: dump_db ## Saves the current database state into the Fixtures.sql
 dump_db: ## Saves the current database state into the Fixtures.sql
 	pg_dump -a --inserts --column-inserts --disable-triggers -h $$PWD/build/db app | sed -e '/^--/d' > Application/Fixtures.sql
 
+sql_dump:  ## Saves the current database state, so it can dumped into an SQL file `make sql_dump > dump.sql`
+	@pg_dump --no-owner --no-acl -h $$PWD/build/db app | sed -e '/^--/d'
+
 build/Generated/Types.hs: Application/Schema.sql ## Rebuilds generated types
 	mkdir -p build/Generated
 	build-generated-code