Re: pg_dump question

A. Kretschmer wrote:
> am  Wed, dem 01.11.2006, um 13:50:58 -0800 mailte Thomas Burns folgendes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to use pg_dump to backup a list of tables to one file,
> > but it looks like
> > the -t option only supports one file. So, pg_dump gives you the
> > option of backing
> > up and entire database or one file, but nothing in between.  Am I
> > missing something?
> > Is there a way to backup multiple tables (but not the whole database)?
>
> You can wait for 8.2, this version supports multiple -t - options.
> Or you can concat several table-dumps to one big dump.

Note that the latter option does not guarantee that you get a consistent
dump.

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