Re: pg_dump exclusion switches and functions/types

Tom Lane wrote:
> Kris Jurka <books@ejurka.com> writes:
>> Testing out the new pg_dump exclusion switches I've found that excluding a 
>> table means that no functions or types will be dumped.  Excluding one 
>> table shouldn't exclude these objects.
> 
> I tend to agree ... will see if I can make it happen.  (I never did get
> around to reviewing that patch, anyway ...)
> 
> One issue is what to do with procedural languages and large objects,
> which don't have any associated schema.  If we treat them as being
> outside all schemas, we'd have semantics like this: dump the PLs and
> blobs unless one or more --schema switches appeared.  Is that OK?

Is there a reason why pg_dump can't do the --list/--use-list flags like 
pg_restore, or is it just a matter of round tuits?

--   Richard Huxton  Archonet Ltd