I'd really like to see us find a way to apply some version of this > patch. I was in favor of the concept 3 years ago when we did this the > first time, and I've subsequently done quite a bit of work (viz., MVCC > catalog snapshots) to eliminate the main objection that was raised at > that time. But it's really hard to reason about what might happen > with lowered lock levels, and convince yourself that there's > absolutely nothing that can ever go wrong. I don't know what to do > about that tension, but I think even modest improvements in this area > stand to benefit an awful lot of users. >
Wouldnt MVCC's strictness rules pose harder restrictions on pg_dump instead of relaxing them? Regards, Atri -- Regards, Atri *l'apprenant*
