On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 02:46:29PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > I wish somebody would explain to me the compelling use case for > this.
As with "in-place upgrades,"[1] the compelling use case is being short on disk space. For somebody with a multi-TB (or whatever figure sounds big this week) PostgreSQL database, it may be impossible to get space for twice or more that. Giving people the option to stream COPYs through a pipe would alleviate a lot of pain. Cheers, D [1] A feature people seem to think we don't need, although convincing cases have been made for it. -- David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Skype: davidfetter Remember to vote! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
