-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 > I may be overseeing something, but what about dependencies between > tables, sequencies, indexes, etc.? I guess that if one takes the first > 100 rows of a table referenced by another table, there is no guarantee > that in the first 100 rows of the referencing table there will not be > some foreign key that does not exist. The only dependency that should matter is foreign keys, and yeah, if you have those, all bets are off; one would need to write something very custom indeed to slurp out the data. I could envision some workarounds, but it really depends on exactly what the OP is trying to achieve. - -- Greg Sabino Mullane greg@xxxxxxxxxxxx End Point Corporation http://www.endpoint.com/ PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 201610191401 http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEAREDAAYFAlgHtV8ACgkQvJuQZxSWSsgrzQCglNFhkdnfg4ECC1l3l0F/Uqt0 ID4AnjGHOTR5Tsfn8MwmyBItTrOg1w7Y =6qOO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general