In this blog post, we are going to discuss causes, reasons, and solutions related to the following error “Unable to Create a PostgreSQL Instance”. Here are the error messages you can receive:
Invalid PostgreSQL User Name and Password.
or
Connection to PostgreSQL server failed.
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Are you sure that your method to backup PostgreSQL databases is reliable, safe, and convenient? What if you need to backup your database somewhere to the cloud, let’s say to Azure Storage. How much time will you spend every day to complete this scenario? You can do it simply with the help of SQLBackupAndFTP. Below we are going to show you how to create a backup job which will backup PostgreSQL to Azure Storage on a regular basis. More…
PostgreSQL doesn’t provide a built-in job scheduler like MS SQL, MySQL, and Oracle do. So if you need to run recurring tasks (like database backup), you have to use some other external tools like pgAgent, cron or pg_cron (on Linux), and Task Scheduler (on Windows). Let’s look at these options closer.
Here we are going to give you a short description of PostgreSQL string functions. If you prefer to have everything on one page, download our free PostgreSQL String Functions – Cheat Sheet. More…
Postgres provides three fundamentally different approaches for backing up its data:
Let’s discuss these methods one by one but if you prefer GUI tools you can use our free application to create database backups, which is, in essence, a powerful wrapper for pg_dump that creates SQL dumps. More…
During the backup you can get the following error message:
[SRV:8007#1326] Authorization failed. Computer name: <computer name>. Username: <user name>. Domain: <domain> > The user name or password is incorrect Computer name: <computer name> More...
The best way to protect your MySQL databases is to make scheduled backups. But is your method convenient and reliable? Assume you need to perform MySQL databases backups every 6 hours and then send them to the FTP Server? How much time will you spend every day in such a case? With the help of SQLBackupAndFTP, you can make MySQL backup in less than two minutes. More…
As it is well known that the best way to protect your data safe and sound is to make regular backups. But what is the best way to backup database in MySQL? Of course, from one hand you can backup database in MySQL using Command Prompt (mysqldump) and from another hand, the best and the easiest way to backup database in MySQL is to use SQLBackupAndFTP tool. Now let’s learn how to backup database in MySQL using all three different methods. More…
If you are looking for the easiest way of how to backup MySQL to OneDrive we’d recommend you to use SQLBackupAndFTP utility. With the help of SQLBackupAndFTP, you can set up scheduled for making MySQL backups to OneDrive. All you need is to create a backup job which will create backups on a regular basis. Here we go: More…