| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Gavin M(dot) Roy" <gmr(at)justsportsusa(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "'Marcelo Pereira'" <gandalf(at)sum(dot)desktop(dot)com(dot)br>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Backup & Restore |
| Date: | 2002-02-25 20:17:41 |
| Message-ID: | 200202252017.g1PKHfh08926@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Gavin M. Roy wrote:
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> This is true to a point. Since my DB is dormant from 11 PM PST time
> until 5 AM PST time, I'm not concerned about the table relationships
> getting out of sync. I guess this isn't the most eloquent way of
> doing this, but it works for me...
>
> So based upon your comment, pg_dump locks the database while running,
> preventing any data inconsistencies?
Yes, doesn't so much lock as use MVCC to return a constent snapshot.
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