Re: [7.4beta3] pg_dump -t xxx won't output sequences

From: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Tomas Szepe <szepe(at)pinerecords(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [7.4beta3] pg_dump -t xxx won't output sequences
Date: 2003-09-27 21:28:33
Message-ID: 1064698113.10245.43.camel@tokyo
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On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 14:23, Tom Lane wrote:
> /*
> * If the user is attempting to dump a specific table, check to ensure
> * that the specified table actually exists (and is a table or a view,
> * not a sequence).
> */
> if (selectTableName)
> {
> for (i = 0; i < ntups; i++)
> if (strcmp(tblinfo[i].relname, selectTableName) == 0 &&
> tblinfo[i].relkind != 'S')
> break;
>
> Neil, what's the reason not to allow dumping just a sequence?

Good question. I can't see a good reason not to allow it, and I can't
recall my original reason for including that code. Please go ahead and
revert it (or let me know and I'll submit a patch myself).

Sorry about that.

-Neil

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