Re: pg_dump --with-* options

On 2025/06/17 4:35, Corey Huinker wrote:
>     I noticed that --statistics (i.e., the current --with-statistics) causes
>     statistics to be dumped even when used with --data-only or --schema-only.
>     So, as far as I understand, here are the possible combinations of dump
>     targets and options:
> 
> 
> Those should also be mutually exclusive, and I'll write up a patch to add them to the checks.

--sequence-data behaves similarly, i.e., it still dumps sequence data
even when used with --schema-only. So I've been thinking of both
--statistics and --sequence-data as options that include additional data,
regardless of whether --*-only is specified.

It seems better to keep their behavior consistent to avoid confusing users.

Regards,

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Fujii Masao
NTT DATA Japan Corporation