Re: Consistent pg_dump's

* Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com> [010329 15:22] wrote:
> Alexey Rodriguez Yakushev <alexey@serinbol.com> writes:
> 
> > Let me rephrase the question, i have a web-based application which uses 
> > postgres as its backend. It must be operating 24 hours 7 days. If i want to 
> > make a backup of the database using pg_dump, wouldn't it be possible that a 
> > transaction occurs in the middle of the backup, leaving the backup 
> > inconsistent?
> 
> I am pretty sure that pg_dump produces a consistent snapshot, using
> the same transaction isolation mechanism (MVCC) as the database
> itself.  If one of the gurus posts and says otherwise, believe him,
> not me.  ;)

My impression from reading the source was that it was consitant per-table
but not per-database.  Meaning you'd get a consistant snapshot of a table,
but not of the entire system.

I could be wrong though.

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