Re: pg_sample

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Patrick B <patrickbakerbr(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
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> However, this new database test server doesn't need to have all the data. I
> would like to have only the first 100 rows(example) of each table in my
> database.
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This should do what you ask.

If the order does not matter, leave out the ORDER BY.

This assumes everything of interest is in the public schema.

$ createdb testdb
$ pg_dump realdb --schema-only | psql -q testdb
$ psql realdb

psql> \o dump.some.rows.sh
psql> select format($$psql realdb -c 'COPY (select * from %I order by 1 limit %s) TO STDOUT' | psql testdb -c 'COPY %I FROM STDIN' $$, table_name, 100, table_name)
from information_schema.tables where table_schema = 'public' and table_type = 'BASE TABLE';
psql> \q

$ sh dump.some.rows.sh

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