On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Stephen Frost <sfr...@snowman.net> writes: >> The single-user option *sounds* viable, but, iirc, it actually isn't due >> to the limitations on what can be done in that mode. > > Yeah. IMO the right long-term fix is to be able to run pg_dump and psql > talking to a standalone backend, but nobody's gotten round to making > that possible.
Are you thinking about something like postgres --single --port=PORT_NUMBER_OR_SOCKET_DIRECTORY? -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers