here is a strange behaviour: I did first simplify my syntax with multiples -T flags: pg_dump -i -v -nXXX -T '*2008*' -T '*2009*' -T '*201001*' -T '*201002*' ..... still not working. But if I prefix my pattern with the schema name, then I finally get the expected result: pg_dump -i -v -nXXX -T 'XXX.*2008*' -T ' XXX.*2009*' -T ' XXX.*201001*' -T XXX.'*201002*' ..... seems that the use of the -n flag requires to use these schema names within the patterns ... best regards, Marc Mamin > ------------------------------- hello, I'm trying to export a schema with multiple table exclusions: pg_dump -i -v -nXXX -T '*20((08[0-9]+)|(09[0-9]+)|(100[1-8][0-9]+)|(1009[0-1][0-9]+))' unfortunately, the filter does not work as expected.(no table at all are excluded) when I try the same pattern with psql dt\, I get the expected list of tables to exclude... pg_dump --version pg_dump (PostgreSQL) 8.3.9 I'd appreciate some help. best regards, Marc Mamin -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin