Re: Potential bug in pg_dump ... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Philip Warner
Subject Re: Potential bug in pg_dump ...
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Msg-id 3.0.5.32.20011218082521.039ccd40@mail.rhyme.com.au
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In response to Potential bug in pg_dump ...  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>)
Responses Re: Potential bug in pg_dump ...  (Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>)
Re: Potential bug in pg_dump ...  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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At 14:10 17/12/01 -0500, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
>Got a report the other day of a "problem" with pg_dump where, if in the
>middle of a dump, someone happens to drop a table, it errors out with:
>

pg_dump runs in a single TX, which should mean that metadata changes in
another process won't affect it. Have I misunderstood the way PG handles
metadata changes?


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