Re: CSV mode option for pg_dump - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: CSV mode option for pg_dump
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Msg-id 448EE83E.30301@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: CSV mode option for pg_dump  (PFC <lists@peufeu.com>)
Responses Re: CSV mode option for pg_dump  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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PFC wrote:

>
>     From what I gather, the CSV format dump would only contain data.
>     I think pg_dump is the friend of pg_restore. It dumps everything  
> including user defined functions, types, schemas etc. CSV does not 
> fit  with this.
>
>    


This is just nonsense. There is not the slightest reason that CSV data 
cannot be embedded in a text dump nor exist as the data members of a 
custom or tar dump with the corresponding COPY statements modified 
accordingly.

Really, let's get the facts straight, please.

cheers

andrew


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