Sorry for the late reply. But after comparing output results of pg_dump and other tools in SQL format, I think it will helpful if an another switch is provided in pg_dump to output data and definition of objects of only given type.
e.g. pg_dump --type views It will export only views in given format for given other options such as database, schema etc. Currently pg_dump supports to export the objects as per the list but it is very difficult to list few hundred items there. So it will be helpful when definitions and data of only certain types from a schema are needed. For SCM, I am looking for various options but SCM do not provide tools to compare objects from two or more databases and database developers need more options to manage database objects. Many times clients can change the object definitions as per there needs and it becomes very hard to maintain a version for each customer for a product. So looking to use Extension mechanism or some thing else. Thanks and regards, C P Kulkarni On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Chaitany Kulkarni <shreeseva...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > >> Chaitany Kulkarni <shreeseva...@gmail.com> writes: >> > I didn't understand when user have defined schema names explicitly in >> > definition of the objects and most database developers insist on writing >> > schema names explicitly, why pg_dump is not outputting it as it is. >> >> The short answer to that is that the internal representation of views >> and other objects only stores object identities, not how they were named >> in the input. We don't store whitespace or layout choices either, and >> there are various other ways that the output can vary from what you >> typed. So really, if you're intent on that, keeping the original source >> file is the way to go. >> >> regards, tom lane >> > > > > > -- > Chaitanya P. Kulkarni > > Copyright. All rights are reserved for any object, text, ideas, images and > any other things. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Keep your Environment clean and green. > --------------------------xox---------------------------------------- > > -- Chaitanya P. Kulkarni Copyright. All rights are reserved for any object, text, ideas, images and any other things. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Keep your Environment clean and green. --------------------------xox----------------------------------------
