Re: Regarding pg_dump utility

I think that having an API for backup functionality would definitely be
useful.

Just my 2 cents...

Paul

On 6/8/06, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chris(dot)kings-lynne(at)calorieking(dot)com>
wrote:
>
> > Personally I think it would be neat. For example the admin-tool guys
> > would be able to get a dump without invoking an external program.
> > Second it would really be independent of core releases (other than being
> > tied to the output format.) pg_dump would be just a simple caller of
> > such a library, and anyone else would be able to get dumps easily, in
> > whatever format.
>
> What about fully completing our SQL API for dumping?
>
> ie. We finish adding pg_get_blahdef() for all objects, add a function
> that returns the proper ordering of all objects in the database, and
> then somehow drop out a dump with a single JOIN :D
>
> Chris
>
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