Re: Bug #805: pg_dump examines all tables even with -t "table_name" speficied

Hello,

Could there potentially be an option in addition to -t "table_name", to
either:

a) Examine all relationships and dump all dependant objects
b) Dump only table named "table_name"

One can argue that when asking for "a" table one really only wants that
table information, and nothing else. Some people of course can argue
that just a table by itself may not be usable by itself in some
situations - so that's why the option described above could cater both
situations.

I wish I could just give you a patch but there are probably people who
know pg_dump internals who could produce such patch in 10x less amount
of time.

--Vitaliy

--- Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org writes:
> > pg_dump examines all tables even with -t "table_name" speficied
>
> 7.3 is a little better. It's not that easy to determine in advance
> what
> information is needed, though; consider inheritance for example.
>
> regards, tom lane

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