Re: Creating schema copy - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Creating schema copy
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Msg-id 26817.1098927243@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Creating schema copy  (Mariusz Czułada <manieq@idea.net.pl>)
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Mariusz =?iso-8859-2?q?Czu=B3ada?= <manieq@idea.net.pl> writes:
> My question: is it possible to extend (in near future) CREATE SCHEMA syntax
> with feature like:
>     CREATE SCHEMA user_xxx_schema FROM default_user_schema [WITH CONTENT];
> ?
> It should create *every* object existing in 'default_user_schema' in
> 'user_xxx_schema' preserving of course names, constraints, triggers, etc.
> Optionally it could also copy table contents (but this is not very
> important).

AFAICS this would require a code body approximately as large,
complicated, and maintenance-needy as pg_dump itself; and being inside
the backend, it could share little or no physical code with pg_dump.

So no, it's not very likely to happen in the near future.  pg_dump is
your best bet.

            regards, tom lane

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