pg_dump integrity question

From: "Hisham Al-Shurafa" <halshurafa(at)rim(dot)net>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: pg_dump integrity question
Date: 2003-10-02 19:10:52
Message-ID: 7C1CE7EF84BB1447B280579CFBEC5F9A03B197@xch17ykf.rim.net
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Hello,

Anyone know if it is safe to do a pg_dump on a database while other programs might be making changes to the data? Is the integrity of the dumped data guaranteed? Does pg_dump lock the whole database when reading from it?

Thanks for all your help.

Hisham

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