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

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [PATCHES] Patch for pg_dump: Multiple -t options and new -T option
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Msg-id 200408021915.i72JFhK22172@candle.pha.pa.us
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Is anyone working on this patch?

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Tom Lane wrote:
> "David F. Skoll" <dfs@roaringpenguin.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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