Re: pg_dump data in BKI format

Tom Lane wrote:
> Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM> writes:
>> I'm playing with catalog upgrade via BKI format. I enhanced the pg_dump
>> of BKI output (not patch ready yet). I'm using it for some test now, but
>> I think It should be useful for some one other, for example some
>> application with embedded postgres should use own prepared BKI for
>> database init (with small enhancement in bootstrap mode) and this option
>> should help to prepare a BKI script from application template database.
>
> This seems utterly useless :-(
>
> The BKI file format was never designed to be general purpose --- as an
> example, I do not believe it can cope with quotes or newlines embedded
> in data values. So as a target for pg_dump it's quite unsatisfactory.

"\n" works fine for new line, but you have right that there should be
more dangerous characters.

> Nor do I see a particularly good reason why add-ons would need to get
> into the catalogs at the bootstrap stage, rather than using more
> conventional, much easier-to-use SQL commands to add objects later
> during initdb.

Yes, You have right, It is much better.

> So "let's improve BKI" sounds like an exercise in
> time-wasting, also.

Yes, I agree with you. Thanks for the answer.

Zdenek