On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 03:42:58PM -0400, Adam Brightwell wrote:
> > I like Noah's proposal of having pg_dump --create reproduce all
> > database-level state.
>
> Should it be enabled by default? If so, then wouldn't it make more
> sense to call it --no-create and do the opposite? So, --no-create
> would exclude rather than include database-level information? Would
> enabling it by default cause issues with the current expected use of
> the tool by end users?
While I'd favor optional --no-create if we were designing fresh, it's not
worth breaking user scripts by changing that now.
> How would this handle related global objects? It seems like this part
> could get a little tricky.
Like roles and tablespaces? No need to change their treatment.
> Taking it one step further, would a --all option that dumps all
> databases make sense as well? Of course I know that's probably a
> considerable undertaking and certainly beyond the current scope.
I agree it's outside the scope of fixing $subject.
Thanks,
nm