Re: bytea vs. pg_dump

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

> It seems rather antithetical to one of the main goals of pg_dump,
> which is to provide a dump that can reliably be loaded onto other
> machines or newer versions of Postgres.

You're calling for a pg_export/pg_import tool suite, or I have to learn
to read again :)

> I don't think that we should provide such a foot-gun in hopes of
> getting relatively minor performance improvements; especially when we
> have not exhausted the alternatives.

If you think improvements will be minor while alternatives are
promising, of course, I'm gonna take your word for it.

Regards,
-- 
dim