Re: unlogged tables

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andy Colson <andy(at)squeakycode(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: unlogged tables
Date: 2010-11-16 18:58:13
Message-ID: 1289933804-sup-5878@alvh.no-ip.org
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Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of mar nov 16 15:34:55 -0300 2010:
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Andy Colson <andy(at)squeakycode(dot)net> wrote:

> > dump/restore?
>
> All of those. I guess there's a question of what pg_dump should emit
> for an unlogged table. Clearly, we need to dump a CREATE UNLOGGED
> TABLE statement (which we do), and right now we also dump the table
> contents - which seems reasonable, but arguably someone could say that
> we ought not to dump the contents of anything less than a
> full-fledged, permanent table.

I think if you do a regular backup of the complete database, unlogged
tables should come out empty, but if you specifically request a dump of
it, it shouldn't.

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Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
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