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.
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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.
> "
>
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<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)
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