Re: pg_dump and BINARY mode COPY

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dump and BINARY mode COPY
Date: 2007-12-06 17:38:03
Message-ID: 20071206173803.GB17812@svana.org
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On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 05:30:02PM +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> Is there a reason why pg_dump avoids using BINARY mode COPY?
> (Or am I missing something?)
>
> Unless there is a specific reason not to we could/should allow an option
> on the dump.

Probably because BINARY dumps arn't portable. Just guessing...

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
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> -- John F Kennedy

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