Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8768964FFC0 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:47:56 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19021-09 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:47:50 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05CD464FD13 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:47:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6L6loYI000204; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:47:50 -0400 (EDT) To: Simon Riggs cc: Stephen Frost , daveg , pgsql-patches@postgresql.org Subject: Re: pg_dump additional options for performance In-reply-to: <1216621040.19656.867.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant> References: <20080720030749.GA18846@tamriel.snowman.net> <1216529229.19656.835.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant> <1216535862.19656.845.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant> <20080720214335.GB18846@tamriel.snowman.net> <1216591180.19656.848.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant> <20080721011829.GC18846@tamriel.snowman.net> <20080721014942.GC30869@sonic.net> <20080721015850.GD18846@tamriel.snowman.net> <18415.1216611275@sss.pgh.pa.us> <1216621040.19656.867.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant> Comments: In-reply-to Simon Riggs message dated "Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:17:20 +0100" Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:47:50 -0400 Message-ID: <203.1216622870@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200807/202 X-Sequence-Number: 6896 Simon Riggs writes: > I also suggested having three options > --want-pre-schema > --want-data > --want-post-schema > so we could ask for any or all parts in the one dump. --data-only and > --schema-only are negative options so don't allow this. > (I don't like those names either, just thinking about capabilities) Maybe invert the logic? --omit-pre-data --omit-data --omit-post-data Not wedded to these either, just tossing out an idea... regards, tom lane