On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It would be nice to have such a postgres mode though for just such
>> things as an upgrade.
>
> Exactly such a feature, for launching a standalone backend for pg_dump
> or other clients to talk to without worrying about other clients
> interfering, is being discussed for 9.3:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/12511.1346631791%40sss.pgh.pa.us
Thanks, Josh, interesting link!
Best,
-Tom