Re: how robust are custom dumps?
От | Andreas Kretschmer |
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Тема | Re: how robust are custom dumps? |
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Msg-id | 20120424152853.GA11265@tux обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | how robust are custom dumps? (Willy-Bas Loos <willybas@gmail.com>) |
Список | pgsql-general |
Willy-Bas Loos <willybas@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Some 6 years ago, i had a bad experience with a custom dump. It wouldn't > restore and my data was lost. > I was a beginner then, and working under windows, and i wasn't on the mailing > list yet. > It was no critical data, we could build the database again, which was then > easier than figuring out what exactly went wrong with the backup. > > Since then i have refused to trust custom dumps. > But they do provide some very nice functionality, like restoring a single > table. > > So my question is: what is your advice on custom dumps? Can i bet my life on > them? I think so, yes. Early versions contains some errors with the correct order of objects (dumping a view before the table -> error whilst restore ...) Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889°
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