Re: Backup & Restore

Gavin M. Roy wrote:
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> This is true to a point.  Since my DB is dormant from 11 PM PST time
> until 5 AM PST time, I'm not concerned about the table relationships
> getting out of sync.  I guess this isn't the most eloquent way of
> doing this, but it works for me...
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> So based upon your comment, pg_dump locks the database while running,
> preventing any data inconsistencies?

Yes, doesn't so much lock as use MVCC to return a constent snapshot.

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