On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 06:33:28PM +0200, Andreas Pflug wrote: > Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > > > > > >Personally I think it would be neat. For example the admin-tool guys > >would be able to get a dump without invoking an external program. > >Second it would really be independent of core releases (other than being > >tied to the output format.) pg_dump would be just a simple caller of > >such a library, and anyone else would be able to get dumps easily, in > >whatever format. > > pgAdmin currently invokes pg_dump/restore externally with pipes attached > to stdin/out/err, but a library implementation would solve some > headaches (esp. concerning portability) managing background > execution/GUI updates/process control. I'd like a libpgdumprestore > library, with pg_dump/pg_restore being lean wrapper programs. Would a pg_dumpall library also make sense? -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
