Re: Regarding feature #642

On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 6:16 PM Nikhil Mohite <nikhil(dot)mohite(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hi Hackers,
>
> I am currently working on #642
> <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/642> to allow to
> selection/deselect of objects under the object backup operation.
>
> This will be only applicable to the database and its sub-nodes(Not for
> Backup Global and Backup server)
>
> Details:
>
> 1. Added a new tab in the backup dialog '*Objects*'
> 2. On the '*Objects*' tab it will list down all the schemas and tables
> under the selected database.
> 3. [image: image.png]
>
> The second tab name (Data/Objects) should be changed because the last tab
is named Objects.

>
> 1.
> 2. If the user selects the specific Schema then it will list down
> only tables under the selected schema.
> 3. [image: Screenshot 2023-07-03 at 4.38.26 PM copy.png]
> 4. By default, all the nodes from the tree will be selected and the
> user can deselect them if required.
>
> +1

>
> 1. If the user de-selects all the nodes and took a backup it will take
> a normal backup and all other nodes will get included in the backup.
>
> Then, selecting all the tree objects by default will make no sense.

> Questions:
>
> 1. pgAdmin III use to support taking backup of tables only from the
> UI, a user was not able to select views, materialized views, foreign
> tables, and sequences from the backup dialog. (If the user selects all from
> the checkbox on the UI then other database objects are included implicitly
> in the backup)
> 2. Should we continue with the above behavior or should we now allow
> the user to select these database objects in the backup dialog?
>
>
> Please let me know your suggestions/thoughts.
>
>
> --
> *Thanks & Regards,*
> *Nikhil Mohite*
> *Senior Software Engineer.*
> *EDB Postgres* <https://www.enterprisedb.com/>
> *Mob.No: +91-7798364578.*
>