Re: pg_dump(all) library

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> It seems to be that quite a bit of pg_dumps functionality could be 
> pushed into PostgreSQL as functions. This would end up defining an API 
> on its own.
>
> pg_dump the executable would just be a shell that calls the functions 
> in appropriate order.
[snip]
> There could be a problem with the whole use the new pg_dump to dump 
> the old database.
>
>

Indeed. This kills it.

pg_dump is simply essential as an upgrade mechanism.

The client library approach that has been discussed on and off for years 
seems by far the best approach.


cheers

andrew