Re: Question about pg_dump

From: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
To: "Vilson farias" <vilson(dot)farias(at)digitro(dot)com(dot)br>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: "SIMONE Carla MOSENA" <simone(dot)mosena(at)digitro(dot)com(dot)br>
Subject: Re: Question about pg_dump
Date: 2000-10-14 04:25:10
Message-ID: 3.0.5.32.20001014142510.02a40bb0@mail.rhyme.com.au
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At 16:53 13/10/00 -0200, Vilson farias wrote:
>Hi.
>
>I started testing pg_dump and I have a little question :
>
>What does pg_dump with data arrived while its running?
>

pg_dump runs in a single transaction, so in theory it dumps a consistent
view of the data, not necessarily the absolute latest data.

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