Re: [GENERAL] why pg_dump eats so much memory?

[Tom Lane]

=?iso-8859-1?Q?Crist=F3v=E3o_Dalla_Costa?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just noticed that when I run pg_dump to backup my databases it will use
> enormous amounts of memory,
> I would like to know the causes of that behaviour, and, hopefully, how I can
> fix it. I'm running 7.0.2 on freebsd 4.1.

Don't use -d or -D options.

                        regards, tom lane