Re: db partial dumping with pg_dump

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: "Pgsql Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: db partial dumping with pg_dump
Date: 2002-08-14 05:18:31
Message-ID: 5020.1029302311@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> What about a switch to set schema search path as well?

I'm leaning to the thought that this is a bad idea, and that pg_dump
should act in a way that's search-path-independent. But I need to
think more.

> You could also just have the tables comma separated in the -t ??

Don't like it --- that makes comma a special character in pg_dump
tablename patterns, which is an exception we don't need to make.
The multiple-dash-t approach needs no such assumption.

regards, tom lane

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