Re: pg_dump --with-* options

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com
Subject: Re: pg_dump --with-* options
Date: 2025-06-06 15:39:56
Message-ID: aEMLzPQtjRbj2R7X@nathan
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On Fri, Jun 06, 2025 at 09:14:32AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> We have
>
> -a, --data-only dump only the data, not the schema or statistics
> --no-data do not dump data
> --with-data dump the data # this one is new
>
> (and there is also --section=data), and then three analogous options for
> "schema" and "statistics".
>
> What is the purpose of the --with-data option? Dumping the data is the
> default. Is this to override an earlier --no-data option?

I believe the idea is that these will allow folks to be explicit about what
they want instead of needing to understand the defaults for every
component.

--
nathan

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