Re: [PATCHES] Patch for pg_dump: Multiple -t options and new -T option

I just got an autoreply from David stating he will be away until August
9 if we want this functionality we have to code it ourselves. If not it
can wait until the next major release.

If anyone wants the original patch I can supply it.

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Tom Lane wrote:
> "David F. Skoll" <dfs(at)roaringpenguin(dot)com> writes:
> > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> pg_dump -t s1.t1 -t s2.t2 -- Dump s1.t1 and s2.t2
>
> > That's a good idea, but then it's questionable whether we need the -n
> > switch at all.
>
> Sure we do --- for backwards compatibility if nothing else.
>
> > It might be simpler to extend the -t switch to accept:
> > pg-dump -t 's1.*'
>
> That would not be the same thing --- that would mean to dump *only tables*
> from s1, rather than objects of all types. Anyway, I think it's a bit
> late in this cycle to be proposing to implement wild-card matching.
> Maybe for next time someone can do that, but for 7.5 I think we should
> limit ourselves to cleaning up any design flaws of the already-submitted
> patch.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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