On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 09:51:58AM -0800, Adrian Klaver wrote: > On 01/30/2012 09:45 AM, hubert depesz lubaczewski wrote: > >On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 09:43:46AM -0800, Adrian Klaver wrote: > >>On 01/30/2012 09:23 AM, hubert depesz lubaczewski wrote: > >> > >>> > >>>I think I explained it in previous mails, and if not - sorry, but > >>>I clearly can't explain good enough - the point is that with the way how > >>>extensions now work, they are useless for providing way to create > >>>tables that will store data, in case you would ever want dump without > >>>this data. > >> > >>So in summary; if an extension creates a user table you want access > >>to that table(schema and data) via pg_dump, outside the extension > >>mechanism, without resorting to marking it as a configuration table. > >>Is that correct ? > > > >no. > >I want to be able to do both: > >1. dump the data for the table > >2. dump structure of other tables > >but not in the same file. > > Actually that was what I was saying:) > > "..via pg_dump, outside the extension mechanism.." > > "..without resorting to marking it as a configuration table.." > > Currently the extension mechanism is getting in the way of 1 & 2 > above. What you want is for pg_dump to ignore the extension > dependency process when you explicitly name a table and the > operation on it. no. marking is irrelevant. marking lets you do one thing, but breaks the other. Best regards, depesz -- The best thing about modern society is how easy it is to avoid contact with it. http://depesz.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general