Re: pg_dump integrity question

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Bruno Wolff III
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Re: pg_dump integrity question
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20031002193739.GC18417@wolff.to
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pg_dump integrity question (Hisham Al-Shurafa)
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pg_dump integrity question "Hisham Al-Shurafa" <halshurafa@rim.net>
Re: pg_dump integrity question Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>
Re: pg_dump integrity question "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>
On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 15:10:52 -0400,
  Hisham Al-Shurafa  wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> Anyone know if it is safe to do a pg_dump on a database while other programs might be making changes to the data? Is the integrity of the dumped data guaranteed? Does pg_dump lock the whole database when reading from it?

It is safe to use pg_dump while other people are using the DB. It will
dump the DB as it was when the dump started so that the dump is a consistant
view of the DB. It does not lock the DB while doing this because with MVCC
it doesn't have to.
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