Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([87.238.57.229])
	by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72)
	(envelope-from <andrew@dunslane.net>) id 1TYU5Z-0003bF-Qw
	for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:56:33 +0000
Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.196])
	by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72)
	(envelope-from <andrew@dunslane.net>) id 1TYU5X-0003Ka-5T
	for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:56:33 +0000
X-Originating-IP: 217.70.178.130
Received: from mfilter1-d.gandi.net (mfilter1-d.gandi.net [217.70.178.130])
	by relay4-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89631172092;
	Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:56:19 +0100 (CET)
X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mfilter1-d.gandi.net
Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.196])
	by mfilter1-d.gandi.net (mfilter1-d.gandi.net [10.0.15.180])
	(amavisd-new, port 10024)
	with ESMTP id sH62-KlI0k84; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:56:18 +0100 (CET)
X-Originating-IP: 98.27.54.176
Received: from [192.168.10.146] (cpe-098-027-054-176.nc.res.rr.com
	[98.27.54.176]) (Authenticated sender: adsend@dunslane.net)
	by relay4-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D3E14172095;
	Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:56:17 +0100 (CET)
Message-ID: <50A31660.1010700@dunslane.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:56:16 -0500
From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64;
	rv:15.0) Gecko/20120827 Thunderbird/15.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Denis <socsam@gmail.com>
CC: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] pg_dump and thousands of schemas
References: 
 <CAMkU=1xAUY_aCiWeVL1J5Xrub4vMObWG9UnOQrTR==6z4w1dUw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CA+TgmobHDYs2RoL0P+Fx0-W-f00ziy8M6pE7tSCuDAt8OTyRNg@mail.gmail.com>
	<1352211374706-5730864.post@n5.nabble.com>
	<13005.1352214454@sss.pgh.pa.us>
	<1352216421913-5730877.post@n5.nabble.com>
	<16061.1352224264@sss.pgh.pa.us>
	<1352284972611-5730998.post@n5.nabble.com>
	<8407.1352300557@sss.pgh.pa.us>
	<1352365474583-5731188.post@n5.nabble.com>
	<CAMkU=1xZbfCJL1+GrjMBXqDxtBAEvAEpk6-6tUaKM6_wRdiRRg@mail.gmail.com>
	<1352862759173-5731900.post@n5.nabble.com>
In-Reply-To: <1352862759173-5731900.post@n5.nabble.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--)
X-Archive-Number: 201211/157
X-Sequence-Number: 48523


On 11/13/2012 10:12 PM, Denis wrote:
> Please don't think that I'm trying to nitpick here, but pg_dump has options
> for dumping separate tables and that's not really consistent with the idea
> that "pg_dump is primarily  designed for dumping entire databases".
>
>


Sure it is. The word "primarily" is not just a noise word here.

The fact that we have options to do other things doesn't mean that its 
primary design goal has changed.


cheers

andrew