Re: WIP patch for parallel pg_dump

On 12/02/2010 05:01 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas<heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>  writes:
>> That's a big patch..
> Not nearly big enough :-(
>
> In the past, proposals for this have always been rejected on the grounds
> that it's impossible to assure a consistent dump if different
> connections are used to read different tables.  I fail to understand
> why that consideration can be allowed to go by the wayside now.
>
>             

Well, snapshot cloning should allow that objection to be overcome, no?

cheers

andrew