Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki.takah...@gmail.com> writes: >> http://github.com/dimitri/pg_basebackup >> >>> There's been some talk of being able to stream a base backup over the >>> replication connection too, which would be extremely handy. >> >> Yes please ! :) > > One issue of the base backup function is that the operation will > be a long transaction. So, non-transactional special commands, > as like as VACUUM, would be better in terms of performance. > For example, CREATE or ALTER REPLICATION.
Well, you still need to stream the data to the client in a format it will understand. Would that be the plan of your command proposal? > Of course, function-based approach is more flexible and > less invasive to the SQL parser. There are trade-offs. Well that was easier for a proof-of-concept at least. -- Dimitri Fontaine PostgreSQL DBA, Architecte -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers