Re: pg_dump of only the structure from a client such as ruby - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Aug 5, 2007, at 7:37 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Perry Smith <pedz@easesoftware.com> writes:
>> I find it odd that you are resistant to the idea.  To me, the
>> advantages are clear if it can be done without a tremendous amount of
>> work.
>
> Well, it can't.  pg_dump is an enormously complicated and frequently
> changed bit of code, and so you really really don't want to be copying
> it into other clients.

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Thanks for the reply.

> PS: *please* see if you can get them to take out the usage of
> pg_dump's
> -i switch.  Having code invoke that blindly borders on criminal
> negligence.

I'll open a bug report and submit a patch...  Thats the most I can do.

Perry Smith ( pedz@easesoftware.com )
Ease Software, Inc. ( http://www.easesoftware.com )

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