Thread: Re: [HACKERS] Typo in pg_dump documentation and new suggestion for Release Notes
Re: [HACKERS] Typo in pg_dump documentation and new suggestion for Release Notes
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Bruce Momjian
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Sorry we forgot the list this incompatibility in the 8.2.0 release notes. I have applied the attached patch to list this item in the 8.2.0 documentation section. This will appear in the next 8.2.X release. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike G wrote: > In the online documentation for 8.2, pg_dump page, --table=table section, in the second > "Note:" paragraph, "rather than the old locution of -n sch -t tab" probably should be > "rather than the old location of -n sch -t tab" > > > Also maybe this section on pg_dump in the release notes page for 8.2 should be changed from > "pg_dump now supports multiple -n (schema) and -t (table) options, and adds -N and -T > options to exclude objects. Also, the arguments of these switches can now be wild-card > expressions rather than single object names, for example -t 'foo*', and a schema can be > part of a -t or -T switch, for example -t schema1.table1." > > to the following: "pg_dump now supports multiple -n (schema) and -t (table) options, and > adds -N and -T options to exclude objects. Also, the arguments of these switches can now > be wild-card expressions rather than single object names, for example -t 'foo*', and a > schema can be part of a -t or -T switch, for example -t schema1.table1. > > The pre-8.2 syntax for dumping an individual table is no longer supported. You must > write something like -t sch.tab to select a table in a particular schema, rather than > the old location of -n sch -t tab. > " > > > -- > Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster -- Bruce Momjian bruce@momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + Index: doc/src/sgml/release.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.493 diff -c -c -r1.493 release.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/release.sgml 1 Feb 2007 00:28:17 -0000 1.493 --- doc/src/sgml/release.sgml 1 Feb 2007 05:08:00 -0000 *************** *** 514,519 **** --- 514,528 ---- <listitem> <para> + Change behavior of <command>pg_dump</> <literal>-n</> and + <literal>-t</> options. (Greg Sabino Mullane) + </para> + <para> + See the <command>pg_dump</> manual page for more details. + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> Change <link linkend="libpq"><application>libpq</></link> <function>PQdsplen()</> to return a useful value (Martijn van Oosterhout)