Re: how can I create the DML for an existing database - within an application

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From: Harald Armin Massa [mailto:haraldarminmassa(at)gmail(dot)com]
Sent: 13 April 2006 09:37
To: Dave Page
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] how can I create the DML for an existing
database - within an application


Dave,

>
> AFAIK, pgadmin opens a pipe to pg_dump.

Yes, when creating an actual backup. To display the
definition on the
main window it goes to great pains to reverse engineer
the SQL from the
catalogues.

do you think it is possible to "isolate that pain" within the
source and expose it as a module? Or do you think this would be way to
difficult?

That would require significant restructuring of pgAdmin's code, in a way
that would not make it more usable within pgAdmin. It's not something we
would consider doing.

Regards, Dave.