Re: Re : Feature request: pgdump and version number / -i option

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Sufficool, Stanley
<ssufficool(at)rov(dot)sbcounty(dot)gov> wrote:
> If we can get these tools as libraries with exported functions, then
> wouldn't just be a matter of some UDF calling the C libraries?

Yes, exactly.

> It would be ideal to get this absorbed into the mainline PG development,
> but proof that it works and has a userbase would go a long way towards
> acceptance.
>
> As I noted in my first post, I am very aware that this could break
> client side backups. Your idea of streaming the backup is something I
> hadn't considered. If the stream was compressed, then this would
> actually reduce backup times at the client!
>
> Should I join and cross post to pg-hackers to bring them into the fray?

Not much point - everyone is working hard on the 8.4 release right now
and unlikely to want to start discussing such a change at the moment.

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Dave Page
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