Re: Incorrect syntax when restoring a single table

On 6/27/24 17:01, Ron Johnson wrote:
> PG 16.3
>
> Obviously I've overlooked something, but can't see what it is.
>
> DB name is "tap".
> pwd is the directory above where the directory-format backup is located.
>
> I'm trying to restore the single table tapschema.batch_rp4_y2022m08 to 
> the existing database named "tap".
>
> The (compressed) backup file is about a megabyte, so there's data in 
> it.  However, when I run the "pg_restore -t" command, it connects, but 
> doesn't restore anything.
>
> $ pg_restore -l -Fd -f tap.list tap
>
> $ grep " batch_rp4_y2022m08 " tap.list
> 2118; 1259 1814433 TABLE tapschema batch_rp4_y2022m08 fis_tap
> 128513; 0 0 TABLE ATTACH tapschema batch_rp4_y2022m08 fis_tap
> 847489; 0 1814433 TABLE DATA tapschema batch_rp4_y2022m08 fis_tap
>
> $ dir tap/847489*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 postgres postgres 1067185 2024-06-27 02:31:24 
> tap/847489.dat.gz
>
> $ pg_restore -v -a -t tapschema.batch_rp4_y2022m08 -Fd --dbname=tap tap
> pg_restore: connecting to database for restore
>
> $ psql tap -c "select count(*) from batch_rp4_y2022m08;"
>  count
> -------
>      0
> (1 row)


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