Re: Backing up several tables using pg_dump -t

Thanks Rajesh.

Is this on TODO list? I think it's beneficial to be able to backup (or
oracle term, export) several tables (NOT only ONE) and restore (import)
back to another database for instance from a production DB to a
development or staging to prod, etc..)  [This is doable in Oracle too
via the export/import utilities.]


--
 Husam


-----Original Message-----
From: Rajesh Kumar Mallah [mailto:mallah.rajesh@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:16 PM
To: Tomeh, Husam
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Backing up several tables using pg_dump -t

man pg_dump seems to say it is not possible

       -t table

       --table=table
              Dump  data for table only. It is possible for there to be
multi-
              ple tables with the same name in different schemas; if
that  is
              the  case,  all  matching  tables  will  be dumped.
Specify both
              --schema and --table to select just one table.

              Note: In this mode, pg_dump makes no attempt to dump  any
other
              database objects that the selected table may depend upon.
There-
              fore, there is no guarantee that the results of  a
single-table
              dump  can  be  successfully  restored by themselves into a
clean
              database.


On 9/23/05, Tomeh, Husam <htomeh@firstam.com> wrote:
>
> I'm having problem backing up several tables using pg_dump. When
> selecting one table only with the '-t'  option, it works just fine.
When
> I tried to include several tables, pg_dump fails with error that the
> tables specified don't exist. Can you show me an example of backing up
> several tables using pg_dump.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> --
>  Husam
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