| From: | Doug McNaught <doug(at)wireboard(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Gavin M(dot) Roy" <gmr(at)justsportsusa(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "'Bruce Momjian'" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "'Marcelo Pereira'" <gandalf(at)sum(dot)desktop(dot)com(dot)br>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Backup & Restore |
| Date: | 2002-02-25 20:36:38 |
| Message-ID: | m37kp1z4bt.fsf@varsoon.denali.to |
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"Gavin M. Roy" <gmr(at)justsportsusa(dot)com> writes:
>
> This is true to a point. Since my DB is dormant from 11 PM PST time
> until 5 AM PST time, I'm not concerned about the table relationships
> getting out of sync. I guess this isn't the most eloquent way of
> doing this, but it works for me...
>
> So based upon your comment, pg_dump locks the database while running,
> preventing any data inconsistencies?
No, but it does the whole backup within a transaction, which
guarantees a consistent view.
-Doug
--
Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.
--T. J. Jackson, 1863
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