Обсуждение: pg_dump feature request: Exclude tables?

Since pg_dump will be allowing multiple -t <table> parameters for 8.0, here
is a related feature request.

A similar option (allowing multiples also) to EXCLUDE tables, so we can do a
dump of the entire database minus a few tables.

Glen Parker
glenebob@nwlink.com

Glen Parker wrote:
> Since pg_dump will be allowing multiple -t <table> parameters for 8.0, here
> is a related feature request.

Nope, didn't make it into 8.0.

> A similar option (allowing multiples also) to EXCLUDE tables, so we can do a
> dump of the entire database minus a few tables.

Yes, we have talked about that.

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Bruce Momjian wrote:

>Glen Parker wrote:
>
>
>>Since pg_dump will be allowing multiple -t <table> parameters for 8.0, here
>>is a related feature request.
>>
>>
>
>Nope, didn't make it into 8.0.
>
>
>
>>A similar option (allowing multiples also) to EXCLUDE tables, so we can do a
>>dump of the entire database minus a few tables.
>>
>>
>
>Yes, we have talked about that.
>
>
>
This would be a big plus for one of our projects too. Is it on some TODO
list for a future release?

Ron

Ron St-Pierre wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> >Glen Parker wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Since pg_dump will be allowing multiple -t <table> parameters for 8.0, here
> >>is a related feature request.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Nope, didn't make it into 8.0.
> >
> >
> >
> >>A similar option (allowing multiples also) to EXCLUDE tables, so we can do a
> >>dump of the entire database minus a few tables.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Yes, we have talked about that.
> >
> >
> >
> This would be a big plus for one of our projects too. Is it on some TODO
> list for a future release?

No, we have:

    * Allow pg_dump to use multiple -t and -n switches

      This should be done by allowing a '-t schema.table' syntax.

but that doesn't have the exclude option.  We had a patch that
implemented an exclude but got confused over how it would interact with
the schema switch and stuff.  However, with the new  '-t schema.table'
syntax we might be able to get it working.

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I second this.  I would prefer an option to dump only the schema of
certain tables rather than excluding them altogether.

Paul


Glen Parker wrote:

>Since pg_dump will be allowing multiple -t <table> parameters for 8.0, here
>is a related feature request.
>
>A similar option (allowing multiples also) to EXCLUDE tables, so we can do a
>dump of the entire database minus a few tables.
>
>Glen Parker
>glenebob@nwlink.com
>
>
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