Re: dump order by

Hi all,
I would like to know if it is possible to dump a table ordered by its primary key.
Take a look at the this test table...
\d test
                        Table "public.test"
Column    |  Type  |    Modifiers
-----------+---------+---------------------------------------------------
id        | integer | not null name      | text    |
id_father | integer |
Indexes:
  "test_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
Foreign-key constraints:
  "test_id_father_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (id_father) REFERENCES test(id)

select * from test;
id |      nome      | id_father
----+-----------------+-----------
6 | Homer Simpson  |        5
5 | Abraham Simpson |
10 | Maggie Simpson  |        6
1 | Ned Flanders    |
2 | Maude Flanders  |
9 | Bart Simpson    |        6
3 | Rod Flanders    |        1
4 | Todd Flanders  |        1
7 | Marge Simpson  |
8 | Lisa Simpson    |        6
(10 rows)

I would like to dump the table with this order:

COPY test (id, nome, id_father) FROM stdin;
1  Ned Flanders    \N
2  Maude Flanders  \N
3  Rod Flanders    1
4  Todd Flanders  1
5  Abraham Simpson \N
6  Homer Simpson  5
7  Marge Simpson  \N
8  Lisa Simpson    6
9  Bart Simpson    6
10  Maggie Simpson  6
\.

instead it is dumped like this:

COPY test (id, note, id_father) FROM stdin;
6  Homer Simpson  5
5  Abraham Simpson \N
10  Maggie Simpson  6
1  Ned Flanders    \N
2  Maude Flanders  \N
9  Bart Simpson    6
3  Rod Flanders    1
4  Todd Flanders  1
7  Marge Simpson  \N
8  Lisa Simpson    6
\.

and I can't upload the table because the foreing keys.

j



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