Re: [HACKERS] compression in LO and other fields

From: Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>
To: Karel Zak - Zakkr <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>, "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)wallace(dot)ece(dot)rice(dot)edu>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] compression in LO and other fields
Date: 1999-11-12 18:09:57
Message-ID: 3.0.1.32.19991112100957.010f0300@mail.pacifier.com
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At 05:15 PM 11/12/99 +0100, Karel Zak - Zakkr wrote:

>> pg_dump database | gzip >db.out.gz

> Thank... :-))

> But mysqldump --compress is very nice.

Why add functionality for something that can be done so
easily by piping the output of pg_dump?

This is exactly the kind of coupling of tools that pipes
were invented for.

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>
Nature photos, on-line guides, Pacific Northwest
Rare Bird Alert Service and other goodies at
http://donb.photo.net.

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