Joshua D. Drake wrote:
It seems to be that quite a bit of pg_dumps functionality could be
pushed into PostgreSQL as functions. This would end up defining an API
on its own.
pg_dump the executable would just be a shell that calls the functions
in appropriate order.
[snip]
There could be a problem with the whole use the new pg_dump to dump
the old database.
Indeed. This kills it.
pg_dump is simply essential as an upgrade mechanism.
The client library approach that has been discussed on and off for years
seems by far the best approach.
cheers
andrew
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