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FUNCTIONS / SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS

pg_export_snapshot

Read PG 18 manual ↗

Saves the transaction's current snapshot and returns a text string identifying the snapshot.

Signatures & examples

pg_export_snapshot () → text
Saves the transaction's current snapshot and returns a text string identifying the snapshot. This string must be passed (outside the database) to clients that want to import the snapshot. The snapshot is available for import only until the end of the transaction that exported it.
Version history 2
  1. PG 12 → 13changed
  2. PG 9.1 → 9.2added

Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source