Re: 7 hrs for a pg_restore?

Erik Jones <erik@myemma.com> writes:
> On Feb 20, 2008, at 8:14 AM, Gregory Stark wrote:
>> I would suggest leaving out the && which only obfuscate what's
>> going on here.
>>
>> PGOPTIONS=... pg_restore ...
>>
>> would work just as well and be clearer about what's going on.

> Right, that's just an unnecessary habit of mine.

Isn't that habit outright wrong?  ISTM that with the && in there,
what you're doing is equivalent to

    PGOPTIONS=whatever
    pg_restore ...

This syntax will set PGOPTIONS for the remainder of the shell session,
causing it to also affect (say) a subsequent psql invocation.  Which is
exactly not what is wanted.

            regards, tom lane