Re: BUG #4957: search_path and pg_dump -T switch

"Maxim.Boguk" <maxim(dot)boguk(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Now we have table test1 with one row outside of search_path and table test2
> with one row inside of search path.

> Now
> pg_dump -F p -D -T test1 -a test_db | grep test1
> will out:
> INSERT INTO test1 (id) VALUES (1);

> And
> pg_dump -F p -D -T test2 -a test_db | grep test2
> will out empty.

> First result is wrong.

No, I don't believe it is. The switch means "don't dump the table named
test1 as found in your search path". So in this case it doesn't do
anything. You could do "-T test.test1" or "-T *.test1" if you want to
suppress that table.

We could have pg_dump throw an error if -t or -T doesn't seem to refer
to any actual table, but I'm not sure that would make it more useful.
Particularly not with wild-card-pattern switches.

regards, tom lane