Re: Using COPY FREEZE with pg_restore --single-transaction

On 25 January 2013 15:24, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> pg_restore --single-transaction has the setup to make use of the new
> COPY FREEZE optimization.
>
> However, I don't see us using COPY FREEZE for pg_restore
> --single-transaction. Shouldn't we do that? The problem is we would
> need to have pg_dump emit the FREEZE, which would cause it not to load
> in earlier versions of Postgres, and to (soon) emit a NOTICE for
> non-single-transaction loads in all other cases. :-(
>
> Can pg_restore inject FREEZE itself when it does the copy?

I've added this as a discussion topic to the 9.3 Open Items, for
discussion after the CF.

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