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+title: Binary database dumps with PostgreSQL
+weight: 3
+---
+
+PostgreSQL has the ability to produce binary database dumps via the `pg_dump` command, which produce smaller files than the SQL format and are faster to restore. See the [full list](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgdump.html) of `pg_dump` flags.
+
+To take advantage of this, you can set the extra flags for `pg_dump` on the database connection(s) in  `app/config/database.php`.
+
+```php
+//config/database.php
+'connections' => [
+	'pgsql' => [
+		'driver'    => 'pgsql'
+		...,
+		'dump' => [
+		    ...,
+		    'add_extra_option' => '--format=c', // and any other pg_dump flags
+		]
+	],
+```
+
+Additionally, you can change the file extension of the database dump file to signify that it is not a text SQL file.
+
+```php
+//config/backup.php
+'backup' => [
+    ...,
+    'database_dump_file_extension' => 'backup', // produces a FILENAME.backup database dump
+  ],
+```