On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 02:45:05PM +1300, Mike Toews wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is worth documenting, but pg_dumping mixed-case tables
> with the '-t table' option appears to not be accurately documented for 
> cmd.exe.
> Here are my four attempts, with only the last as success:
> 
> Intuitive (supplying "My Table" like "My Database"), but not correct:
> C:\>"C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.1\bin\pg_dump.exe" -U postgres -t "My 
> Table"
> "My Database"
> pg_dump: No matching tables were found
> 
> As documented in last example at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/
> app-pgdump.html
> C:\>"C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.1\bin\pg_dump.exe" -U postgres -t '"My
> Table"' "My Database"
> pg_dump: No matching tables were found
> 
> Escaping quotes, but using single quotes:
> C:\>"C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.1\bin\pg_dump.exe" -U postgres -t '\"My
> Table\"' "My Database"
> pg_dump: too many command-line arguments (first is "My Database")
> 
> Escaping quotes, but using double quotes:
> C:\>"C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.1\bin\pg_dump.exe" -U postgres -t "\"My
> Table\"" "My Database"
> 
> works!

Good point.  Docs updated with attached patch, and patched to 9.3 beta
as well.

-- 
  Bruce Momjian  <br...@momjian.us>        http://momjian.us
  EnterpriseDB                             http://enterprisedb.com

  + It's impossible for everything to be true. +
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 2b5e95b..1ed5e4f
*** a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
*************** CREATE DATABASE foo WITH TEMPLATE templa
*** 1224,1230 ****
     like
  
  <screen>
! <prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_dump -t '"MixedCaseName"' mydb &gt; mytab.sql</userinput>
  </screen></para>
  
   </refsect1>
--- 1224,1230 ----
     like
  
  <screen>
! <prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_dump -t "\"MixedCaseName\"" mydb &gt; mytab.sql</userinput>
  </screen></para>
  
   </refsect1>
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