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<para>
Dump only tables with names matching
- <replaceable class="parameter">pattern</replaceable>.
- For this purpose, <quote>table</quote> includes views, materialized views,
- sequences, and foreign tables. Multiple tables
+ <replaceable class="parameter">pattern</replaceable>. Multiple tables
can be selected by writing multiple <option>-t</option> switches. The
<replaceable class="parameter">pattern</replaceable> parameter is
interpreted as a pattern according to the same rules used by
<xref linkend="pg-dump-examples"/> below.
</para>
+ <para>
+ As well as tables, this option can be used to dump views, materialized views,
+ foreign tables, and sequence definitions. However it will not dump the contents
+ of views or materialized views, and the contents of foreign tables will only be
+ dumped if the corresponding foreign server is specified with
+ <option>--include-foreign-data</option>.
+ </para>
+
<para>
The <option>-n</option> and <option>-N</option> switches have no effect when
<option>-t</option> is used, because tables selected by <option>-t</option> will