Re: pg_dump & performance degradation

From: Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, brianb-pggeneral(at)edsamail(dot)com
Subject: Re: pg_dump & performance degradation
Date: 2000-08-01 04:15:10
Message-ID: 3.0.1.32.20000731211510.013dd950@mail.pacifier.com
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At 11:41 PM 7/31/00 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>I am more concerned with giving people a pg_dump option of questionable
>value. I don't have problems adding it to the C code because it may be
>of use to some people.

I'm uncomfortable because I know of no other *nix utility that has such
options.

If they exist, can someone enumerate them?

It's hard to see why PG is such a special case in this regard, requiring
such an overbearingly groty kludge.

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>
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