Re: pg_dump's "--exclude-table" and "--exclude-table-data" options are ignored and/or cause the dump to fail entirely unless both the schema and table name use 1950s-era identifiers. - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Jul 22, 2020, 9:36 AM by juanjo.santamaria@gmail.com:

I can reproduce a test case in an English_United States.1252 WIndows 10 machine, and the setting "Beta: Use unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support", as mentioned above, worked in that case.

I've tried to explain this both in my initial question and as a response to those few who replies: the error output is not what always happens. I just included it for the cases where it does error out. When it does run the command, it *ignores the exclude rules*. That is, it dumps the data anyway. I thought I was crystal-clear when describing my problem, but no matter how careful I am, people always quote some specific part and focus on that, ignoring my overall explanation.

To be clear: The problem is not solved. I'm not one step closer to a solution. It's ignoring the rule or displaying the nonsensical errors, but never actually works.