Re: [PATCH] Add --create-only option to pg_dump/pg_dumpall

Hi,

Am Montag, den 29.03.2021, 17:59 +0000 schrieb Cary Huang:
> I have tried the patch and the new option is able to control the
> contents of pg_dump outputs to include only create db related
> commands.

Thanks for testing!

> I also agree that the option name is a little misleading to the user
> so I would suggest instead of using "create-only", you can say
> something maybe like "createdb-only" because this option only applies
> to CREATE DATABASE related commands, not CREATE TABLE or other
> objects. In the help menu, you can then elaborate more that this
> option "dump only the commands related to create database like ALTER,
> GRANT..etc"

Well I have to say I agree with Peter that the option name I came up
with is pretty confusing, not sure createdb-only is much better as it
also includes GRANTs etc.

I think from a technical POV it's useful as it closes a gap between
pg_dumpall -g and pg_dump -Fc $DATABASE in my opinion, without having to
potentially schema-dump and filter out a large number of database
objects.

Anybody else have some opinions on what to call this best? Maybe just a
short option and some explanatory text in --help along with it?

Michael

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