Re: pg_dump question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Andreas Kretschmer
Subject Re: pg_dump question
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Msg-id 20061102160404.GA9104@KanotixBox
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In response to Re: pg_dump question  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: pg_dump question
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> schrieb:
> > > I would like to use pg_dump to backup a list of tables to one file,
> > > but it looks like
> > > the -t option only supports one file. So, pg_dump gives you the
> > > option of backing
> > > up and entire database or one file, but nothing in between.  Am I
> > > missing something?
> > > Is there a way to backup multiple tables (but not the whole database)?
> >
> > You can wait for 8.2, this version supports multiple -t - options.
> > Or you can concat several table-dumps to one big dump.
>
> Note that the latter option does not guarantee that you get a consistent
> dump.

Yes, of course. Ref. integrity, for instance. But i don't know, how 8.2
solve this problem. Can you explain this?


Andreas
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