> I've actually started working on pg_dump in the background, but if you want > to do it let me know.
Nah - you can do it! I don't have much time to code Postgres as it is. I'll stick to working on making ADD COLUMN compliant. > In terms of things I would like to see: > > - background/integrated vacuum (not just an overwriting storage manager) Work has started on this already, which is neat. > - insert/update...returning That would be so useful for our web app where we're always needing to get the primary key as opposed to oid. We keep needing to requery. > - function result caches -- assuming I can demonstrate that they are a Good > Thing. > > - COPY TO/FROM with a list of columns (maybe we have it?) - it's useful for > making metadata changes then reloading data (Inserts are much slower). We do already have it in 7.3: http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/sql-copy.html Chris ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster