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Subject: Re: Statistics Import and Export
From: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
To: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>, Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com>
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Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 10:00:35 -0700
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On Sat, 2025-03-08 at 10:56 -0500, Robert Treat wrote:
> In the UX world, the general pattern is people start to get
> overwhelmed once you get over a 1/2 dozen options (I think that's
> based on Miller's law, but might be mis-remembering);=C2=A0we are already
> at 9 for this use case. So really it is quite the opposite, we'd be
> reducing the burden on customers by simplifying the interface rather
> than just throwing out every possible combination and saying "you
> figure it out".=C2=A0

To be clear about your proposal:

* --include conflicts with --schema-only and --data-only
* --include overrides any default

is that right?

Thoughts on how we should document when/how to use --section vs --
include? Granted, that might be a point of confusion regardless of the
options we offer.

Regards,
	Jeff Davis