Re: CSV mode option for pg_dump

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: PFC <lists(at)peufeu(dot)com>
Cc: Volkan YAZICI <yazicivo(at)ttnet(dot)net(dot)tr>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: CSV mode option for pg_dump
Date: 2006-06-13 16:30:54
Message-ID: 448EE83E.30301@dunslane.net
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PFC wrote:

>
> From what I gather, the CSV format dump would only contain data.
> I think pg_dump is the friend of pg_restore. It dumps everything
> including user defined functions, types, schemas etc. CSV does not
> fit with this.
>
>

This is just nonsense. There is not the slightest reason that CSV data
cannot be embedded in a text dump nor exist as the data members of a
custom or tar dump with the corresponding COPY statements modified
accordingly.

Really, let's get the facts straight, please.

cheers

andrew

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