database dump from application

hello, i am new to rails and would like to know if there is a simple way to dump my database (schema and data) from within my rails app.

thanks marco

marco wrote:

hello, i am new to rails and would like to know if there is a simple way to dump my database (schema and data) from within my rails app.

thanks marco

try running rake --tasks and see if anything there looks useful. Cheers. -=R

thanks for that answer, but that was not what I was looking for.

I would like to dump my database from within my application (a link in the app "Save Database To File"), not from the commandline. Or is there a possibility to invoke a commandline?

marco