"Gavin M. Roy" <gmr@justsportsusa.com> writes:
>
> This is true to a point. Since my DB is dormant from 11 PM PST time
> until 5 AM PST time, I'm not concerned about the table relationships
> getting out of sync. I guess this isn't the most eloquent way of
> doing this, but it works for me...
>
> So based upon your comment, pg_dump locks the database while running,
> preventing any data inconsistencies?
No, but it does the whole backup within a transaction, which
guarantees a consistent view.
-Doug
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