Re: [HACKERS] Patch for Prevent pg_dump/pg_restore from being affected by statement_timeout

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: daveg <daveg(at)sonic(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Pg Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Patch for Prevent pg_dump/pg_restore from being affected by statement_timeout
Date: 2008-06-25 02:41:07
Message-ID: 10382.1214361667@sss.pgh.pa.us
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daveg <daveg(at)sonic(dot)net> writes:
> Are we talking about the same patch?

Maybe not --- I thought you were talking about a backend-side behavioral
change.

> Because I don't know what you are
> refering to with "timer management code" and "scheduling the interrupt" in
> the context of pg_dump.

I'm not sure that I see a good argument for making pg_dump deliberately
fail, if that's what you're proposing. Maybe I'm just too old-school,
but there simply is not any other higher priority for a database than
safeguarding your data.

regards, tom lane

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