Re: I don't want to back up index files

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Glen Parker <glenebob(at)nwlink(dot)com>
Cc: Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz <gryzman(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: I don't want to back up index files
Date: 2009-03-11 23:27:36
Message-ID: 1236814056.15576.1.camel@jd-laptop.pragmaticzealot.org
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On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 14:25 -0700, Glen Parker wrote:
> Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz wrote:

> > So like JD said, if you don't want to dump indicies - just use pg_dump...
>
> If pg_dump were an acceptable backup tool, we wouldn't need PITR, would
> we? We used pg_dump for years. There's a very good reason we no longer
> do. That suggestion is silly.

*shrug* you can consider it silly. It doesn't change the outcome.

Joshua D. Drake

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