Re: pg_dump restore time and Foreign Keys

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Decibel! <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dump restore time and Foreign Keys
Date: 2008-06-09 15:48:05
Message-ID: 1213026485.12046.123.camel@ebony.site
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On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 11:33 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 10:57 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Ah, finally a useful comment. I think it might be possible to do an
> >> "add FK concurrently" type of command that would take exclusive lock
>
> > That's good, but it doesn't solve the original user complaint about
> > needing to re-run many, many large queries to which we already know the
> > answer.
>
> No, we are running a large query to which the user *thinks* he knows the
> answer. There are any number of reasons why he might be wrong.

Of course. I should have said "to which we already know the answer" to
indicate I'm passing on others' criticisms of us.

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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support

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