Thread: pg_dump -t broken for mixed case table names in beta3?

Unless I'm missing something, pg_dump is not allowing selective dump of
a table where the table name is mixed case.  The -t switch still works
for lower case.  Even though quotes weren't previously needed on the
pg_dump command line, I tried that with no better luck.
postgres@DTR3:~> psql dtr
Welcome to psql 8.2beta3, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Type:  \copyright for distribution terms      \h for help with SQL commands      \? for help with psql commands      \g
orterminate with semicolon to execute query      \q to quit
 

dtr=# \d "DbTranLogRecord"        Table "public.DbTranLogRecord"    Column     |       Type        | Modifiers
----------------+-------------------+-----------countyNo       | "CountyNoT"       | not nulltranImageSeqNo |
"TranImageSeqNoT"| not nulllogRecordSeqNo | "LogRecordSeqNoT" | not nulloperation      | "OperationT"      | not
nulltableName     | "TableNameT"      | not null
 
Indexes:   "DbTranLogRecordPK" PRIMARY KEY, btree ("countyNo",
"tranImageSeqNo", "logRecordSeqNo")   "DbTranLogRecord_tableName" btree ("countyNo", "tableName",
operation)

dtr=# \q
postgres@DTR3:~> pg_dump -s -t DbTranLogRecord dtr
pg_dump: No matching tables were found
postgres@DTR3:~>  

"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> writes:
> Unless I'm missing something, pg_dump is not allowing selective dump of
> a table where the table name is mixed case.

You do it like this:
$ pg_dump -s -t '"DbTranLogRecord"' dtr

A bit ugly but the conflict between shell and SQL quoting rules
sometimes forces us into compromises :-(

Perhaps it's worth having an example for this in the pg_dump man page?
        regards, tom lane

Thanks much; it might have been a while before I tried that nested
quoting technique.  I think it's worth documenting.  Would you like me
to try to put a doc patch together, or would it be better for someone
else to do so?
-Kevin
>>> Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> 11/28/06 1:43 PM >>> 
"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> writes:
> Unless I'm missing something, pg_dump is not allowing selective dump
of
> a table where the table name is mixed case.

You do it like this:
$ pg_dump - s - t '"DbTranLogRecord"' dtr

A bit ugly but the conflict between shell and SQL quoting rules
sometimes forces us into compromises :- (

Perhaps it's worth having an example for this in the pg_dump man page?
        regards, tom lane

On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 02:43:17PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> writes:
> > Unless I'm missing something, pg_dump is not allowing selective dump of
> > a table where the table name is mixed case.
>
> You do it like this:
>
>     $ pg_dump -s -t '"DbTranLogRecord"' dtr
>
> A bit ugly but the conflict between shell and SQL quoting rules
> sometimes forces us into compromises :-(
>
> Perhaps it's worth having an example for this in the pg_dump man page?

Please find enclosed a patch which adds this :)

Cheers,
D
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David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 02:43:17PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Perhaps it's worth having an example for this in the pg_dump man page?

> Please find enclosed a patch which adds this :)

Already done, thanks.

            regards, tom lane