On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 09:53:19AM +0100, Laetitia Avrot wrote: > I think it's time to sum up what we want to do: > > - We'd like to use switches to export objects according to a pattern. > - For each object type we will have an --object=PATTERN flag and a > --exclude-object=PATTERN > - Having a short flag for each of the long flags is not mandatory > - The object types that pg_dump can select so far are: > - table (already written) > - schema (already written)
> - extension (half-written, --exclude-extension not written) I would be to blame on this item. > - routine (TBD ASAP). Routine flag operates on stored functions, stored > procedures, aggregate functions, and window functions. > - By default, pg_dump does not export system objects but we found out that > we could use --table='pg_catalog.*' to export them. This is a bug and will > be fixed. pg_dump won't have the ability to export any system object > anymore. Should the fix belong to that patch or do I need to create a > separate patch? (Seems to me it should be separated) > > If everyone is ok with the points above, I'll write both patches. Looks clear to me that a different design is wanted here, and that this won't make it for v15, so I have marked the patch as returned with feedback in the CF app. -- Michael
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