Re: pg_dump and BINARY mode COPY - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Martijn van Oosterhout
Subject Re: pg_dump and BINARY mode COPY
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Msg-id 20071206173803.GB17812@svana.org
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In response to pg_dump and BINARY mode COPY  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 05:30:02PM +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> Is there a reason why pg_dump avoids using BINARY mode COPY?
> (Or am I missing something?)
>
> Unless there is a specific reason not to we could/should allow an option
> on the dump.

Probably because BINARY dumps arn't portable. Just guessing...

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
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