How to exclude PL/pgSQL functions in export?

Question

I use following command to dump some structures from server\' database to be able to create sample of data on my local hard drive.

pg_dump -h myserver.com -U         


        

Answer 1

I need to exclude some schemas

pg_dump has a switch to exclude schemas:

pg_dump -N schema ...

I quote the manual about pg_dump:

-N schema
--exclude-schema=schema

Do not dump any schemas matching the schema pattern. The pattern is interpreted according to the same rules as for -n. -N can be given more than once to exclude schemas matching any of several patterns.
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With PostgreSQL 9.1 or later you have new options to move extensions into a separate schema - even pre-installed old-style modules. You can register old object with your (new-style) extension and then use the new tools. With fulltext and similarity you probably mean fuzzystrmatch and tsearch2. Example:

Register existing old-style objects for the extension fuzzystrmatch:

CREATE EXTENSION fuzzystrmatch SCHEMA public FROM unpackaged;

Drop the extension:

DROP EXTENSION fuzzystrmatch;

Install it to another schema:

CREATE EXTENSION fuzzystrmatch SCHEMA my_schema;

Of course, you cannot drop the extension, if objects from it are in use.
Also, if you install to another schema, you need to schema-qualify its functions in use or add the schema to the search_path.