Re: Exclude schema during pg_restore

Am Donnerstag, den 01.09.2016, 21:39 -0400 schrieb Peter Eisentraut:
> On 8/31/16 4:10 AM, Michael Banck wrote:
> > attached is a small patch that adds an -N option to pg_restore, in order
> > to exclude a schema, in addition to -n for the restriction to a schema.
>
> I think this is a good idea, and the approach looks sound. However,
> something doesn't work right. If I take an empty database and dump it,
> it will dump the plpgsql extension. If I run pg_dump in plain-text mode
> with -N, then the plpgsql extension is also dumped (since it is not in
> the excluded schema). But if I use the new pg_restore -N option, the
> plpgsql extension is not dumped. Maybe this is because it doesn't have
> a schema, but I haven't checked.

Thanks for the testing and feedback, I hadn't thought of issues with
extensions when I tested myself. I will take a look.

> pg_dump does not apply --strict-names to -N, but your patch for
> pg_restore does that. I think that should be made the same as pg_dump.

Aye.

Thanks,

Michael

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