Hi

For the record. Using search_path for schema name handling is most annoying
feature of pg_dump for us. I have run into many cases where separating
schema is inconvenient but don't seem to remember any upsides.

regards
Asko

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> "Raymond O'Donnell" <r...@iol.ie> writes:
> > On 28/01/2009 17:09, David Miller wrote:
> >> Pg Dump does not include schema name on insert statement generated
> >> from pg_dump with a -d option when exporting data for a particular
> >> table using the -t <schema>.<table> in version 8.3. I believe this
> >> same bug exists in 8.4 but have not confirmed it. I believe pg_dump
> >> should have an option to retain schema information.
>
> > From memory, I think it does include a "set search_path" statement near
> > the beginning.
>
> Quite.  There is no bug here unless loading the dump file puts something
> in the wrong schema.  (Suppressing the schema name where possible is in
> fact considered a feature not a bug, since it makes it simpler to
> hand-edit the dump file at need.)
>
>                        regards, tom lane
>
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