Jim C. Nasby wrote:
The only reason I've been able to think of for why pg_dump wouldn't use a *back end* function for this is because it would then be limited to dumping in the format provided by that backend, which could become an issue when upgrading. If that is in fact a problem, it might be useful to break the code that pg_dump uses for generating DDL into it's own library that others could include. But even if that is done, I still feel that these functions should be added to the backend.
Jim, you referred to previous debate in one of your postings. There has been previous debate on this issue too.
Before we pull pg_dump to bits let's identify some actual benefit from doing so. If you look at the code you will see that it is more than somewhat complex. A large scale move like you are proposing would be very high risk, IMNSHO.
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