On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
>> The single-user option *sounds* viable, but, iirc, it actually isn't due
>> to the limitations on what can be done in that mode.
>
> Yeah. IMO the right long-term fix is to be able to run pg_dump and psql
> talking to a standalone backend, but nobody's gotten round to making
> that possible.
Are you thinking about something like postgres --single
--port=PORT_NUMBER_OR_SOCKET_DIRECTORY?
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