Re: [PATCH] add option to pg_dumpall to exclude tables from the dump

Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@BlueTreble.com> writes:
> On 8/18/16 2:40 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> This seems pretty dubious to me, in particular that the identical -T
>> option will be passed willy-nilly into the pg_dump runs for every
>> database.  That seems more likely to be a foot-gun than something useful.

> I agree, but I think mandating a database name (which I suppose could be 
> *) with the specifiers would solve that issue.

Hmm, something like "-T dbname1:pattern1 -T dbname2:pattern2" ?
        regards, tom lane