Re: pg_dump - how to force to show timestamps in client log

On 11/20/20 2:56 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 11/20/20 10:01 AM, Durumdara wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> We need to log the pg_dump's state.
>> What objects are in copy, and what are the starting and ending times.
>>
>> But when I try to redirect the output, the result doesn't have timestamps.
>>
>> PG 11, on Windows.
>>
>> As I see the -v option isn't enough to see the starting times.
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> 2020-11-19 12:00:01.084 Dump table content table1
>> 2020-11-19 12:03:12.932 Dump table content table2
>> ...
>> etc.
>
>
> If you are redirecting to a file it have the creation time that you can 
> use. Internally times don't really matter for the objects as the dump is 
> based on a snapshot. Said snapshot is based on visible transactions not 
> time. So for practical purposes they all occur at the same 'time'.

It makes all the difference when monitoring the progress of a backup.

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