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Re: Possible TODO item: copy to/from pipe
- From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
- To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
- Cc: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>, Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
- Subject: Re: Possible TODO item: copy to/from pipe
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 12:13:48 -0700
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 <david(at)fetter(dot)org> http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Skype: davidfetter Remember to vote!
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