From: | Gilles Darold via PostgreSQL Announce <announce-noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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To: | PostgreSQL Announce <pgsql-announce(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | pg_dumpbinary v2.10 released |
Date: | 2023-03-30 11:20:16 |
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**Zurich, Switzerland - March 30th, 2023**
## pg_dumpbinary
`pg_dumpbinary` is a program used to dump a PostgreSQL database with
data dumped in binary format. The resulting dump must be restored
using `pg_restorebinary` that is provided with this tool.
pg_dumpbinary v2.10 was released today, it adds a new option to the pg_dumpbinary command:
* -C, --compress-level 0-9 : speed of the gzip compression using the specified
digit, between 1 and 9, default to 6. Setting it
to 0 disable the compression.
This option can be helpful to speed the export when the majority of the data don't compress well.
It also fixes several issues reported since last release.
A full list of changes and acknowledgements can be found [here](https://github.com/lzlabs/pg_dumpbinary/releases/tag/v2.10)
`pg_dumpbinary` is useful in some situations:
* you have bytea that can not be exported by `pg_dump` because the
total size of the escape/hex output exceed 1Gb.
* you have custom type that stores `\0` internally in bytea but data
are returned as char/varchar/text which truncate data after
the '\0'. In this case pg_dump will export data in the output
type which will result in data lost.
* any other case where binary format can be useful.
If you are in this case `pg_dumpbinary` will help you by dumping the
PostgreSQL database in binary format. In all other cases you must
use the pg_dump/pg_restore commands distributed with PostgreSQL.
See documentation for a complete description of the features.
## Links & Credits
pg_dumpbinary is an open project from [LzLabs GmbH](https://www.lzlabs.com/).
Any contribution to build a better tool is welcome. You just have to send
your ideas, features requests or patches using the GitHub tools.
Links :
* Documentation: [https://github.com/lzlabs/pg_dumpbinary/blob/master/README.md](https://github.com/lzlabs/pg_dumpbinary/blob/master/README.md)
* Download: [https://github.com/lzlabs/pg_dumpbinary/releases/](https://github.com/lzlabs/pg_dumpbinary/releases/)
* Support: use GitHub report tool at [https://github.com/lzlabs/pg_dumpbinary/pg_dumpbinary/issues](https://github.com/lzlabs/pg_dumpbinary/pg_dumpbinary/issues)
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