On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM Jeff Davis <pg...@j-davis.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2025-07-31 at 16:28 -0400, Corey Huinker wrote: > > > > In general, I like the idea of --include, but it would need to be > > consistent in behavior across pg_dump/pg_restore/pg_upgrade(if > > applicable). > > How should you exclude stats when doing pg_restore? Presumably, -- > include=data,schema. But it's a bit strange if "--include" is the only > way to exclude something. > Yes, that's how you'd do it, if we go with the request for one --include option (or series of options) and no --exclude option (or series of options). I was under the impression that was the stated feature of --include. > There are enough nuances and details here that I think the next step is > for someone to turn the idea for --include into a reviewable patch, so > that we can compare it to what we have now and see if people generally > think it's an improvement over what we have now. > If the defaults aren't changing, then --include is a big step backwards, requiring --include=data,schema,statistics to actually get statistics in a dump. I think that's cumbersome and weird.
