Sylvain Cuaz <sylvain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Now if I want to restore from a full dump of this DB, but with only one "cXXX" and the "Common" > schema : > - if I pass --create --schema=Common, then the CREATE SCHEMA is missing, i.e. it only emits data > inside "Common" and the restore fails. > - if I could pass --create --exclude-schema='c*' (fictional notation as patterns are only recognized > by pg_dump), then all schemas would be created, with no data inside except for "Common". Creating > all schemas is a waste of time, but more importantly would make restoring other schemas more > difficult (e.g. rows should be inserted before creating foreign keys). In general, the solution for edge-case restore selection needs is to make a list of the dump's contents with "pg_restore -l", edit out what you don't want using any method you like, then use the edited list with "pg_restore -L". While I'd be in favor of improving pg_restore to accept wild-card patterns, I'm very hesitant to start inventing new kinds of selection switches for it. The interactions between such switches would be a mess. regards, tom lane
