Here is the thing, the user doesn't have Postgres installed on his/her computer. So how am I going to distribute pg_dump, from my understandin you have to compile postgres on a Mac in order to get the pgdump executable. And is this for every version of Mac? > -----Original Message----- > From: Martijn van Oosterhout [mailto:kleptog@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 16 May 2006 17:46 > To: Forums @ Existanze > Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: FW: [GENERAL] Getting information about sequences > > pg_dump runs on any platform postgres does. > > On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 05:31:44PM +0300, Forums @ Existanze wrote: > > Does pg_dump run in Macintosh? > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: 16 May 2006 17:22 > > > To: Forums @ Existanze > > > Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: FW: [GENERAL] Getting information about sequences > > > > > > "Forums @ Existanze" <forums@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > We are creating a jdbc backup solution that does NOT > require the > > > > pgdump program. > > > > > > In heaven's name, WHY? > > > > > > Do you have any idea how much future pain you are setting > yourself > > > up for? pg_dump changes with every PG release to deal with new > > > features and changes in the system catalogs. > > > Read the CVS logs for pg_dump for the past few years, then ask > > > yourself if you really want to buy into a comparable amount of > > > ongoing maintenance effort. > > > > > > You'd be way better off just invoking pg_dump as a > subprocess. If > > > there are specific features you need that pg_dump doesn't > have (eg, > > > dumping just selected tables) consider helping to add them. > > > > > > regards, tom lane > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of > > broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > so that your > > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > -- > Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> > http://svana.org/kleptog/ > > From each according to his ability. To each according to > his ability to litigate. >
