Re: Adding WHERE clause to pg_dump

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Adding WHERE clause to pg_dump
Date: 2008-07-25 17:31:34
Message-ID: 28006.1217007094@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> Attached patch implements WHERE clauses for pg_dump.

I still have serious reservations about adding such an ugly,
non-orthogonal wart to pg_dump. Why is it not appropriate to just
do a COPY (SELECT ...) TO STDOUT when you need this?

regards, tom lane

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