--- Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > This doesn't really replace pg_dump/pg_restore, because it probably
> > wouldn't be able to upgrade a cluster.
>
> Right, any such physical dump would be limited to restoring a whole
> cluster as-is: no imports into other clusters, no selectivity, no fancy
> games. The main reason is you'd have to dump and restore pg_clog along
> with the data files.
>
But that would not help people who would HAVE to use pg_dump/pg_restore (e.g.
to backup/restore a single schema), would it? Depending on the db size, etc.,
creation of FK constraint(s) may take many hours. How should this be handled
then?
Thanks
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