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From: Chander Ganesan <chander.ganesan@gmail.com>
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Subject: Extension prevents dumping table?
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With PostGIS 2.0 if I load/install postgis using the command:

create extension postgis schema postgis;

And then use the command:

pg_dump -t postgis.spatial_ref_sys dbname > spatial_ref_sys.sql

I get an output that contains a few "set" statements, but no table 
definition or data from the table.

However, if I install the PostGIS components the "old" way (not using 
the extension loader), the pg_dump of the table works just fine.

Any ideas how to fix this or why this happens?

thanks

chander