Re: how robust are custom dumps?

From: Vick Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: how robust are custom dumps?
Date: 2012-04-24 19:39:24
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On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Willy-Bas Loos <willybas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> So my question is: what is your advice on custom dumps? Can i bet my life on
> them?

Yes, I would and I do.

I've never had a failure as you describe, going back all the way to
Postgres 6.5-ish times. Back then I did have full DB corruption every
so often, but the dumps always restored just fine on rebuild.

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