{"id":12286,"date":"2019-03-02T22:12:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T21:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/postgresql-12-new-option-exclude-database-for-pg_dumpall\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T16:32:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T14:32:39","slug":"postgresql-12-new-option-exclude-database-for-pg_dumpall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/postgresql-12-new-option-exclude-database-for-pg_dumpall\/","title":{"rendered":"PostgreSQL 12: New option &#8211;exclude-database for pg_dumpall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Mouhamadou Diaw<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Up to PostgreSQL 11 pg_dump all was used to dump all PostgreSQL databases of a cluster into one script file. The script file then contains SQL commands that can be used as input to psql to restore the databases. It does this by calling pg_dump for each database in the cluster.<br \/>\nPostgreSQL 12 is under development but we can test new features which will be implemented. Now with PostgreSQL 12 there is a new option that allows to exclude specific database with pg_dumpall. This option is called &#8211;exclude-database<br \/>\nThis option can be useful where a database name is visible but the database is not dumpable by the user.<br \/>\nWe can now see this new option in the help output<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"highlighter_545873\" class=\"syntaxhighlighter  bash\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gutter\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">2<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\">3<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"bash plain\">[postgres@dbi-pg-essentials log]$ <\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">\/u01\/app\/postgres\/product\/12dev\/bin\/pg_dumpall<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">--help | <\/code><code class=\"bash functions\">grep<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">exclude<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\"><code class=\"bash plain\">--exclude-database=PATTERN\u00a0\u00a0 exclude databases whose name matches PATTERN<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\"><code class=\"bash plain\">[postgres@dbi-pg-essentials log]$<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this blog I am going to test this new option.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s first list the databases in my cluster<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"highlighter_781965\" class=\"syntaxhighlighter  sql\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gutter\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">2<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\">3<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\">4<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number5 index4 alt2\">5<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number6 index5 alt1\">6<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number7 index6 alt2\">7<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number8 index7 alt1\">8<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number9 index8 alt2\">9<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number10 index9 alt1\">10<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number11 index10 alt2\">11<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number12 index11 alt1\">12<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number13 index12 alt2\">13<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number14 index13 alt1\">14<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number15 index14 alt2\">15<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number16 index15 alt1\">16<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"sql plain\">postgres=# l<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\"><code class=\"sql spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code><code class=\"sql plain\">List <\/code><code class=\"sql keyword\">of<\/code> <code class=\"sql plain\">databases<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\"><code class=\"sql spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code><code class=\"sql keyword\">Name<\/code>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <code class=\"sql plain\">|\u00a0 Owner\u00a0\u00a0 | Encoding |\u00a0\u00a0 <\/code><code class=\"sql keyword\">Collate<\/code>\u00a0\u00a0 <code class=\"sql plain\">|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ctype\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 Access <\/code><code class=\"sql keyword\">privileges<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\"><code class=\"sql comments\">-----------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+-----------------------<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number5 index4 alt2\"><code class=\"sql spaces\">\u00a0<\/code><code class=\"sql plain\">db1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | postgres | UTF8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number6 index5 alt1\"><code class=\"sql spaces\">\u00a0<\/code><code class=\"sql plain\">db2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | postgres | UTF8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number7 index6 alt2\"><code class=\"sql spaces\">\u00a0<\/code><code class=\"sql plain\">mydb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | postgres | UTF8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number8 index7 alt1\"><code class=\"sql spaces\">\u00a0<\/code><code class=\"sql plain\">postgres\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | postgres | UTF8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number9 index8 alt2\"><code class=\"sql spaces\">\u00a0<\/code><code class=\"sql plain\">postgres_sample | postgres | UTF8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number10 index9 alt1\"><code class=\"sql spaces\">\u00a0<\/code><code class=\"sql plain\">template0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | postgres | UTF8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 | =c\/postgres\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number11 index10 alt2\"><code class=\"sql spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code><code class=\"sql plain\">|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | postgres=CTc\/postgres<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number12 index11 alt1\"><code class=\"sql spaces\">\u00a0<\/code><code class=\"sql plain\">template1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | postgres | UTF8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 | =c\/postgres\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number13 index12 alt2\"><code class=\"sql spaces\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code><code class=\"sql plain\">|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | postgres=CTc\/postgres<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number14 index13 alt1\"><code class=\"sql plain\">(7 <\/code><code class=\"sql keyword\">rows<\/code><code class=\"sql plain\">)<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number15 index14 alt2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number16 index15 alt1\"><code class=\"sql plain\">postgres=#<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>First let\u2019s dump all user databases<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"highlighter_966098\" class=\"syntaxhighlighter  bash\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gutter\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\">1<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"bash plain\">[postgres@dbi-pg-essentials ~]$\u00a0 <\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">\/u01\/app\/postgres\/product\/12dev\/bin\/pg_dumpall<\/code>\u00a0\u00a0 <code class=\"bash plain\">&gt; with_alldb.sql\u00a0\u00a0 <\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If we do a grep in the output file, we can see that the dump contains all databases<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"highlighter_547293\" class=\"syntaxhighlighter  bash\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gutter\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">2<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\">3<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\">4<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number5 index4 alt2\">5<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number6 index5 alt1\">6<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"bash plain\">[postgres@dbi-pg-essentials ~]$ <\/code><code class=\"bash functions\">grep<\/code> <code class=\"bash string\">\"CREATE DATABASE\"<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">with_alldb.sql<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\"><code class=\"bash plain\">CREATE DATABASE db1 WITH TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'UTF8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_COLLATE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_CTYPE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">;<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\"><code class=\"bash plain\">CREATE DATABASE db2 WITH TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'UTF8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_COLLATE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_CTYPE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">;<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\"><code class=\"bash plain\">CREATE DATABASE mydb WITH TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'UTF8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_COLLATE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_CTYPE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">;<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number5 index4 alt2\"><code class=\"bash plain\">CREATE DATABASE postgres_sample WITH TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'UTF8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_COLLATE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_CTYPE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">;<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number6 index5 alt1\"><code class=\"bash plain\">[postgres@dbi-pg-essentials ~]$<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now let\u2019s dump all the user databases except db1 and db2.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"highlighter_392466\" class=\"syntaxhighlighter  bash\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gutter\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\">1<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"bash plain\">[postgres@dbi-pg-essentials ~]$ <\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">\/u01\/app\/postgres\/product\/12dev\/bin\/pg_dumpall<\/code>\u00a0 <code class=\"bash plain\">--exclude-database=db2 --exclude-database=db1 &gt; without_db1_db2.sql<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We can effectively verify that the dump file contains instructions to create the databases mydb and postgres_sample. That\u2019s the expected result.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"highlighter_855265\" class=\"syntaxhighlighter  bash\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gutter\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">2<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\">3<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\">4<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"bash plain\">[postgres@dbi-pg-essentials ~]$ <\/code><code class=\"bash functions\">grep<\/code> <code class=\"bash string\">\"CREATE DATABASE\"<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">without_db1_db2.sql<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\"><code class=\"bash plain\">CREATE DATABASE mydb WITH TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'UTF8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_COLLATE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_CTYPE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">;<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\"><code class=\"bash plain\">CREATE DATABASE postgres_sample WITH TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'UTF8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_COLLATE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_CTYPE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">;<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\"><code class=\"bash plain\">[postgres@dbi-pg-essentials ~]$\u00a8<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What is interesting is that we can use wildcard characters. The result above can obtained like following<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"highlighter_517221\" class=\"syntaxhighlighter  bash\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gutter\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">2<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\">3<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\">4<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number5 index4 alt2\">5<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"bash plain\">[postgres@dbi-pg-essentials ~]$\u00a0 <\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">\/u01\/app\/postgres\/product\/12dev\/bin\/pg_dumpall<\/code>\u00a0 <code class=\"bash plain\">--exclude-database=db* &gt; without_db_star.sql<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\"><code class=\"bash plain\">[postgres@dbi-pg-essentials ~]$ <\/code><code class=\"bash functions\">grep<\/code> <code class=\"bash string\">\"CREATE DATABASE\"<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">without_db_star.sql<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\"><code class=\"bash plain\">CREATE DATABASE mydb WITH TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'UTF8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_COLLATE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_CTYPE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">;<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\"><code class=\"bash plain\">CREATE DATABASE postgres_sample WITH TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'UTF8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_COLLATE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_CTYPE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">;<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number5 index4 alt2\"><code class=\"bash plain\">[postgres@dbi-pg-essentials ~]$<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Let\u2019s say we want to dump all user databases except those whose names contain \u2018db\u2019<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"highlighter_367984\" class=\"syntaxhighlighter  bash\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gutter\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">2<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\">3<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\">4<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"bash plain\">[postgres@dbi-pg-essentials ~]$\u00a0 <\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">\/u01\/app\/postgres\/product\/12dev\/bin\/pg_dumpall<\/code>\u00a0 <code class=\"bash plain\">--exclude-database=*db* &gt; without_star_db_star.sql<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\"><code class=\"bash plain\">[postgres@dbi-pg-essentials ~]$ <\/code><code class=\"bash functions\">grep<\/code> <code class=\"bash string\">\"CREATE DATABASE\"<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">without_star_db_star.sql\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\"><code class=\"bash spaces\">\u00a0<\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">CREATE DATABASE postgres_sample WITH TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'UTF8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_COLLATE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code> <code class=\"bash plain\">LC_CTYPE = <\/code><code class=\"bash string\">'en_US.UTF-8'<\/code><code class=\"bash plain\">;<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\"><code class=\"bash plain\">[postgres@dbi-pg-essentials ~]$<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Conclusion:<\/h3>\n<p>In this blog we talked about the new option exclude-database for pg_dumpall in PostgreSQL 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mouhamadou Diaw Up to PostgreSQL 11 pg_dump all was used to dump all PostgreSQL databases of a cluster into one script file. The script file then contains SQL commands that can be used as input to psql to restore the databases. It does this by calling pg_dump for each database in the cluster. 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