Re: Misc topics

Dave Page wrote:

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>>>I see what's happening. I dump things in text format more often than
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>>>a lttle more cleanly when we release - perhaps check the file format
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>>Ok, checking the file signature seems reasonable.
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>>>and if text, just load the first hundred lines or so for inspection.
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>>No. Advice to use Query Tool instead or sth like that.
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>Not really a good idea for say, a 300MB backup though is it?
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So why don't you use tar or compressed format? The Restore Tool is a
frontend for pg_restore, which can't handle plain.
Anyway, with file signature checking there will be just a message
"incompatible format" or so.

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>>>Whilst we're on that subject, most of my backups have .sql
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>>>any objection to adding that as a defaul extension in the file open
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>>For backup only, not restore; we don't want to offer
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>Mine are not arbitrary scripts. They are backups that happen to be in
>plain text format, and have an appropriate .sql extension.
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I understand, I'd simply not recommend to use plain for backup purposes.
It has many disadvantages.
I'd recommend plain dump only if you'd need to edit the dump, i.e. if
it's *not* meant for backup/restore purposes.

>>Maybe we should *create* the context menu on-demand, instead
>>of enabling/disabling. Disabled menus always signal "this
>>item might be enabled under some circumstances", which is
>>usually not true in that very context.
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>That's not a bad idea - the tools menu should remain constant of course.
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Agreed, context menu only.

Todo.

Regards,
Andreas