Re: pg_dump's checkSeek() seems inadequate

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dump's checkSeek() seems inadequate
Date: 2010-06-28 15:19:19
Message-ID: 4C28BD77.8070907@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> In a more abstract sense, what this would be is basically a custom
> label for a dump file. I could see that being useful, but if we
> wanted to support it then it ought to be an actual Feature and not
> a kluge like this. Something like
>
> pg_dump --label 'any string' ... other args ...
>
> pg_restore --print-label dump.file
>
>
>

Right, or possibly a file that would be added. I don't think we should
waste any effort at all on the kluge, or worrying about whether or not
it would work.

cheers

andrew

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