Re: pg_dump, pg_restore, insert vs copy - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_dump, pg_restore, insert vs copy
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Msg-id 27632.1111683068@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_dump, pg_restore, insert vs copy  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl> writes:
> Is there any reason why we don't use a binary storage in custom format
> dumps?  I mean, we could open a binary cursor and write the results to
> the file, and read it back at restore time.  This is just handwaving of
> course.

> I guess the reason is cross-version portability?

Cross-platform portability, too.

            regards, tom lane

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