Re: pg_get_tabledef

Got it. Thanks for the clarification , i suppose the way you described 
it , it  needs to go over libpq for the database interface, not the 
HeapTuple  / Form_pg_* ,  way.

I guess the way forward for me would be to crawl back in my corner, 
write up a mini - spec of how i intend to implement it and get back to 
you guys.

Thanks for your feedback.

Regards,
Usama Munir.



Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> I mean as a shared library - a .so for Unix (or whatever the flavor of 
> unix uses instead) or a DLL on WIndows. And no, it would not be in 
> contrib - as I mentioned in another thread yesterday I want to propose 
> that contrib disappear.
>
> Certainly pg_dump would use the library, and retain all the file 
> handling processing it does now. But we could also link it into psql, 
> for example, and expose the results via \ commands.
>
> If you want to have a go at that you'll probably make lots of people 
> very happy.
>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>
>
> Usama Munir wrote:
>> When you say pgdump library, do you mean taking all catalog querying 
>> functionality into a contrib like module , exposed as  functions and 
>> then have a simple pgdump executable which calls those functions to 
>> dump to a file, because you would still need a pgdump executable i 
>> suppose for people to be able to backup their stuff. Is my 
>> understanding somewhere near actual idea or i am way off here?
>>
>>
>> Are there any discussions on this topic which could give me a little 
>> more idea? because i would definitely like to take a shot at this.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Usama Munir
>> EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com)
>>
>>
>> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Usama Munir wrote:
>>>> I think using pg_dump in some cases is a good option , but not all 
>>>> the time, having a function makes it much cleaner to use
>>>
>>> That's why having a shared pgdump library as has been previously 
>>> mentioned is by far the best solution.
>>>
>>> We have discussed this before, and factoring out this functionality 
>>> into a shared lib is what needs to be done. I'm not convinced it is 
>>> as much work as Tom suggests, but it is certainly a non-trivial task.
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> andrew
>>