On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>> On 12/02/2010 05:01 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> In the past, proposals for this have always been rejected on the grounds
>>> that it's impossible to assure a consistent dump if different
>>> connections are used to read different tables. I fail to understand
>>> why that consideration can be allowed to go by the wayside now.
>
>> Well, snapshot cloning should allow that objection to be overcome, no?
>
> Possibly, but we need to see that patch first not second.
Yes, by all means let's allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good.
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