"Nikolay Mihaylov" <nmmm@nmmm.nu> writes:
> I have a database with very large tables - about 2+ GB per table.
> When I'm using pg_dump tool, it get all memory available, then linux
> crash (or kernel kills the most of processes including pg_dump)
This is fixed in 7.2's pg_dump, which as far as I know can be used
safely with 7.1 installations, should you not want to update the whole
installation just yet.
regards, tom lane