Re: Pg_dump behaviour

"=?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E9lder_M._Vieira?=" <hmv@mail.telepac.pt> writes:
> I often perform single-table backups using pgadmin.
> Recently, a problem occurred while doing that kind of backup using pgadmin
> 1.6.2 and PostgreSQL 8.2.1 on a Windows server:
> For instance, I have a database named 'mdg', containing a schema named
> 'art', in turn containing a table named 'tefh'.
> When I try to backup this table to the root directory with pgadmin, it
> generates and executes the following command:

> pg_dump.exe -i -h localhost -p 5432 -U postgres -F c -v -f "c:\tefh" -t
> tefh -n art mdg

That was the pre-8.2 way to do it; now the right thing would be
    -t art.tefh
Sounds like pgadmin needs an update.  While they're at it, they should
definitely lose the -i switch ... using that by default is extremely
stupid/dangerous.

            regards, tom lane