Re: Using COPY FREEZE with pg_restore --single-transaction - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 25 January 2013 15:24, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> pg_restore --single-transaction has the setup to make use of the new
> COPY FREEZE optimization.
>
> However, I don't see us using COPY FREEZE for pg_restore
> --single-transaction.  Shouldn't we do that?  The problem is we would
> need to have pg_dump emit the FREEZE, which would cause it not to load
> in earlier versions of Postgres, and to (soon) emit a NOTICE for
> non-single-transaction loads in all other cases.  :-(
>
> Can pg_restore inject FREEZE itself when it does the copy?

I've added this as a discussion topic to the 9.3 Open Items, for
discussion after the CF.

-- Simon Riggs                   http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services