Mark, > No one could expect that this could happen by 8.2, or the release after > that, but as a direction for the project, the "directors" of the > PostgreSQL project must realize that the dump/restore is becomming like > the old locking vacuum problem. It is a *serious* issue for PostgreSQL > adoption and arguably a real design flaw.
"directors"? (looks around) Nobody here but us chickens, boss. If you're really interested in pg_upgrade, you're welcome to help out. Gavin Sherry, Zdenek, and Jonah Harris are working on it (the last separately, darn it). -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL @ Sun San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend