Re: pg_dump --split patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Dimitri Fontaine
Subject Re: pg_dump --split patch
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Msg-id m2r4npwus3.fsf@2ndQuadrant.fr
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In response to Re: pg_dump --split patch  (Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>)
Responses Re: pg_dump --split patch  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr> writes:
>>>     pg_dump | pg_restore
>>>     pg_export | psql
>>
>> While I agree that this idea - when implemented - would be nicer in
>> practically every way, I'm not sure I want to volunteer to do all the
>> necessary work.
>
> What I think needs to happen now is a commiter's buy in that we want to
> get there at some point and that your current patch is not painting us
> into any corner now. So that we can accept it and have a documented path
> forward.

Just stumbled accross this message while reading some older threads
about the current topic:
 http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-12/msg02496.php

Where Robert Treat said:
> I've both enjoyed reading this thread and seeing this wheel reinvented
> yet again, and wholeheartedly +1 the idea of building this directly
> into pg_dump. (The only thing better would be to make everything thing
> sql callable, but that's a problem for another day).

I know Andrew has been working on his "Retail DDL" project which is
basically a bunch of server-side functions that spits out SQL object
definitions. Andrew, were you able to make progress on that project?

On the other hand, pg_dump -Fs still is something I would like to have
as a complement to Andrew's facility.

Regards,
-- 
Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr     PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support



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