Re: WIP patch for parallel pg_dump

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Joachim Wieland <joe(at)mcknight(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: WIP patch for parallel pg_dump
Date: 2010-12-02 22:01:16
Message-ID: 3474.1291327276@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> That's a big patch..

Not nearly big enough :-(

In the past, proposals for this have always been rejected on the grounds
that it's impossible to assure a consistent dump if different
connections are used to read different tables. I fail to understand
why that consideration can be allowed to go by the wayside now.

regards, tom lane

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