Re: WIP patch for parallel pg_dump - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: WIP patch for parallel pg_dump
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Msg-id 4CFD02DC.1070705@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: WIP patch for parallel pg_dump  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: WIP patch for parallel pg_dump  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On 12/06/2010 10:22 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
> <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>  wrote:
>> On 06.12.2010 15:53, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> I guess.  It still seems far too much like exposing the server's guts
>>> for my taste.  It might not be as bad as the expression tree stuff,
>>> but there's nothing particularly good about it either.
>> Note that we already have txid_current_snapshot() function, which exposes
>> all that.
> Fair enough, and I think that's actually useful for Slony&c.  But I
> don't think we should shy away of providing a cleaner API here.
>

Just don't let the perfect get in the way of the good :P

cheers

andrew


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