Re: pg_dump integrity question

From: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
To: Hisham Al-Shurafa <halshurafa(at)rim(dot)net>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_dump integrity question
Date: 2003-10-02 19:22:44
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.33.0310021322250.25026-100000@css120.ihs.com
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Hisham Al-Shurafa wrote:

> 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?

read this:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/backup.html

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