Robert Treat wrote: > On Tuesday 17 April 2007 20:54, Tom Lane wrote: > > I'm not excited about the other ones but I can see the argument for > > making pg_dump force the timeout to 0. > > Allowing pg_dump to run un-checked could also lead to problems such as > exceeding maintenence windows causing performance issues, or causing trouble > due to lock contention with ongoing pg_dumps.
I have never ever seen a request to be able to control pg_dump and have it stop dumping if the time taken to dump exceeded a threshold. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
