Re: pg_dump question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ron Johnson
Subject Re: pg_dump question
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Msg-id 454A1788.9080209@cox.net
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In response to Re: pg_dump question  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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On 11/02/06 09:56, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> A. Kretschmer wrote:
>> am  Wed, dem 01.11.2006, um 13:50:58 -0800 mailte Thomas Burns folgendes:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> 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.

What about creating a new schema that "just" has views back to the
base tables you want to dump.  Then pg_dump the schema.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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