I'm having some problems with pg_dump and the -t switch. I can't get it to work using wildcards nor with multiple -t switches. I'm using PostgreSQL 8.1.5 and trying to dump just a table and its associated sequence.

As shown below, the table il_sections and the sequence il_sections_gid_seq both exist in the database spatial1. But neither
pg_dump -Fc -t 'il_sections*' spatial1 > il_plss.dump
nor
pg_dump -Fc -t il_sections -t il_sections_gid_seq spatial1 > il_plss.dump
will work. The former generates the error listed below while the latter just creates a tiny file with nothing but a couple of comments in it.

Anyone know what's wrong?
- Bill Thoen

Here's what I get:
$ psql -dspatial1
Welcome to psql 8.1.5, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
...
spatial1=# \d
                 List of relations
Schema |         Name          |   Type   |  Owner
--------+-----------------------+----------+----------
public | US_States_ogc_fid_seq | sequence | bthoen
public | counties              | table    | bthoen
public | counties_gid_seq      | sequence | bthoen
public | geometry_columns      | table    | postgres
public | il_sections           | table    | bthoen
public | il_sections_gid_seq   | sequence | bthoen
public | spatial_ref_sys       | table    | postgres
public | states                | table    | bthoen
(8 rows)

spatial1=# \q
$ pg_dump -Fc -t 'il_section*' spatial1 > il_plss.dump
pg_dump: specified table "il_section*" does not exist



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