On 30-Nov-06, at 7:37 AM, Patric Bechtel wrote:
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> Hi Marc,
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> Marc Herbert schrieb am 30.11.2006 12:03:
>> Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com> writes:
>>
>>> I'd strongly suggest you exec pg_dump from the command line using
>>> System.exec and connect to the remote database. This is certainly
>>> re-
>>> inventing a non-trivial wheel.
>>
>> We have implemented this, with a couple of additional checks
>>
>> <https://forge.continuent.org/plugins/scmcvs/cvsweb.php/sequoia/
>> src/org/continuent/sequoia/controller/backup/?cvsroot=sequoia>
>>
>> This code is generic, designed to support not only PostgreSQL.
>>
>> We could try to externalize it into an independent project if a
>> significant number of people are interested and... provided it's not
>> too hard to detach it from sequoia (no promise here).
>>
>> We also interested by alternatives approaches.
>
> I'm following the discussion for quite a while already... very
> interesting topic.
> But I just checked the link above, and it's still native. It's just a
> wrapper around pg_dump and even psql for single SQL statements...
>
Yes, and given the complexity of this plus the requirement to keep up
with each new server version;
unless this facility is built in to the server I would suggest this
is the only sane way to go.
> - --
> Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Regards
> Patric Bechtel, IPCON Informationssysteme OHG
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