Re: pg_dump "all tables" in 7.3.X

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Paul Ramsey <pramsey(at)refractions(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dump "all tables" in 7.3.X
Date: 2003-06-26 17:46:28
Message-ID: 1202.1056649588@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Paul Ramsey <pramsey(at)refractions(dot)net> writes:
> We are trying to do an "all tables" dump using the 7.3.3 pg_dump, but
> are getting no love. The pg_dump command which worked before, in 7.2,
> no longer returns any tables:
> pg_dump -t "*" dbname
> Is this by design, or by accident?

By design. Just omit the -t switch if you want all tables.

("*" is a legal table name, if perhaps not a very bright choice, so the
old behavior was really not consistent.)

regards, tom lane

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