Create Excel files from Postgresql databases
psycopg2 and openpyxl (v. >= 2.3.2)
$ sudo apt-get install psycopg2 python-pip
$ sudo pip install openpyxl
Installing openpyxl with pip is needed as Debian newest stable version is 1.7.0.
python pg2xls.py -d db_name \
[-h localhost] [-p 5432] [-U username] [-W password] \
[-t table] [-q "query"] [-f filename] [-T "sheet title" ]
Optional parameters:
-h : defaults to 'localhost'
-p : defaults to 5432
-U : defaults to os.environ[ 'USER' ]
-f : defaults to 'sheet.xlsx'
-T : defaults to '' (empty)
-W : read from ~/.pgpass or from console
If -t option is given, the sheet is created with all data
from the given table ordered by its first field, otherwise
-q option must be given with a query to fill the spreadsheet.
$ python pg2xls.py -d mydb -t mytable -f sheet1 -T "List of mytable"
$ python pg2xls.py -d mydb \
-q "select * from table1 join table2 using( some_key ) order by 1" \
-f sheet2 -T "List of table1 and table2"