David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What would a libpgdump API look like?

Hmm.  Start with requirements:

* Ability to enumerate the objects in a database

* Ability to fetch the "properties" of individual objects
(SQL definition is only one property, eg. pg_dump considers
owner, schema, ACL separately from the CREATE command)

* Ability to identify an appropriate dump order (and perhaps
lower-level manipulations of dependency info, not sure what
might be needed)

* Ability to work with different server versions (not sure how
much that impacts the API, but it's definitely something to keep
in mind while designing)

What else?

                        regards, tom lane

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