Re: pg_dump --split patch

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)gluefinance(dot)com> wrote:

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> 2010/12/29 Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>
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> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:27 AM, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)gluefinance(dot)com>
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>> <description of split stuff>
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>> So, how different (or not) is this to the "directory" format that was
>> coming out of the desire of a parallel pg_dump?
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> Not sure what format you are referring to? Custom, tar or plain text?
> I noticed there are two undocumented formats as well, "append" and "file".
> I tried both of these undocumented formats, but it did not procude any
> directory structure of the dumped objects.
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> Could you please explain how to use the "directory format" is such a format
> already exists?
> I can't find it in the documentation nor the source code of HEAD.
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It is still being discussed as a patch to pg_dump. Google for "directory
archive format for pg_dump", specifically in archives.postgresql.org.

AFAIK, that applies to parallel dumps of data (may help in --schema-only
dumps too), and what you are trying is for schema.

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