From 7bbe35a540f6d52fe12d0fc177af876925455459 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:54:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add an example showing how to cope with mixed-case names in pg_dump switches. --- doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml index 13fde9d2faf..389ac09995c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.91 2006/10/23 18:10:32 petere Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.92 2006/11/28 22:54:18 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -838,6 +838,20 @@ CREATE DATABASE foo WITH TEMPLATE template0; <screen> <prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_dump -T 'ts_*' mydb > db.sql</userinput> +</screen> + </para> + + <para> + To specify an upper-case or mixed-case name in <option>-t</> and related + switches, you need to double-quote the name; else it will be folded to + lower case (see <xref + linkend="APP-PSQL-patterns" endterm="APP-PSQL-patterns-title">). But + double quotes are special to the shell, so in turn they must be quoted. + Thus, to dump a single table with a mixed-case name, you need something + like + +<screen> +<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_dump -t '"MixedCaseName"' mydb > mytab.sql</userinput> </screen> </para> -- GitLab