Re: pg_dump & performance degradation

Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>

From: Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Don Baccus <dhogaza@pacifier.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, brianb-pggeneral@edsamail.com
Date: 2000-08-01T04:00:28Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
At 23:41 31/07/00 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> 
>> I've missed something, obviously. What is the problem here?
>
>I am more concerned with giving people a pg_dump option of questionable
>value.

And, sadly, I think questionable effectiveness...


>I don't have problems adding it to the C code because it may be
>of use to some people.

It's pretty easy code to write; I'm actually more inclined to remove it and
avoid the clutter. I'll probably put a comment in the code as to how to do
it, and what the pitfalls are - then I/we don't need to maintain any more
unused code.


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