Re: [HACKERS] Review: check existency of table for -t option (pg_dump) when pattern...

2015-09-14 Thread Pavel Stehule
2015-09-14 12:05 GMT+02:00 Teodor Sigaev :

> (new version in attach), but patch shows some inconsistent output:
>> % pg_dump -t 'aaa*'  postgres
>> pg_dump: No matching tables were found
>> % pg_dump -t 'aaa*' --strict-names postgres
>> pg_dump: Table "aaa*" not found.
>>
>
> There are two different situation - first message says "there are not any
>> table
>> for work", second says "There are not specific table(s) with specific
>> names
>> (mask)". I am thinking so this information is enough interesting for
>> showing.
>>
> Agree, but "aaa*" is not a table
>
>
>> Can be changed to "No matching table(s) were found for filter "aaa*" " ?
>>
>
> "TBL" is not a filter. May be:
>
> No matching table(s) were found for pattern "aaa*" ?
> No matching table(s) were found for pattern "TBL" ?


+1

it is better

Pavel


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Re: [HACKERS] Review: check existency of table for -t option (pg_dump) when pattern...

2015-09-11 Thread Pavel Stehule
Hi

2015-09-11 17:59 GMT+02:00 Teodor Sigaev :

> https://commitfest.postgresql.org/6/201/
>
> Patch looks good and is helpful in some usecases. I found and fix some
> typo (new version in attach), but patch shows some inconsistent output:
> % pg_dump -t 'aaa*'  postgres
> pg_dump: No matching tables were found
> % pg_dump -t 'aaa*' --strict-names postgres
> pg_dump: Table "aaa*" not found.
>
> In second case error message is obviously worse.
>

There are two different situation - first message says "there are not any
table for work", second says "There are not specific table(s) with specific
names (mask)". I am thinking so this information is enough interesting for
showing.

Can be changed to "No matching table(s) were found for filter "aaa*" " ?

Regards

Pavel


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