hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > It seems that for every function, pg_dump is getting it's data, and then > runs format_type on each parameter/output type? I'm mostly guessing > here, as I didn't read the code. > Wouldn't it be possible to get all type formats at once, and cache them > in pg_dump? Or at the very least reuse already received information? Send a patch ... regards, tom lane