Re: [GSOC] questions about idea "rewrite pg_dump as library"

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: ˧ <shuai900217(at)126(dot)com>, 'PostgreSQL-development' <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GSOC] questions about idea "rewrite pg_dump as library"
Date: 2013-04-10 21:02:56
Message-ID: 20130410210256.GT3751@eldon.alvh.no-ip.org
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> I think the main uses cases mentioned in connection with this idea are
> usually in the direction of finer-grained control over what gets dumped
> and how. But making pg_dump into a library would not necessarily
> address that.

There's also the matter of embedding pg_dump into other programs. For
example, calling the pg_dump executable from inside pgAdmin is a rather
messy solution to the problem.

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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services

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