Re: Extension prevents dumping table? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Extension prevents dumping table?
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Msg-id 24705.1336585273@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Extension prevents dumping table?  (Chander Ganesan <chander.ganesan@gmail.com>)
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Chander Ganesan <chander.ganesan@gmail.com> writes:
> With PostGIS 2.0 if I load/install postgis using the command:
> create extension postgis schema postgis;

> And then use the command:

> pg_dump -t postgis.spatial_ref_sys dbname > spatial_ref_sys.sql

> I get an output that contains a few "set" statements, but no table
> definition or data from the table.

> However, if I install the PostGIS components the "old" way (not using
> the extension loader), the pg_dump of the table works just fine.

> Any ideas how to fix this or why this happens?

I don't think there is anything to "fix".  If the table is part of the
extension then it should not get dumped separately.  I don't know enough
about PostGIS to know if there's a valid reason to want to dump that
table by itself, but if you think there is, you should take it up with
the PostGIS authors; there may be a need to adjust the way PostGIS is
packaged into an extension.

            regards, tom lane

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