Check existency of table/schema for -t/-n option (pg_dump/pg_restore)

Patch provides command line option --strict-names which requires that at
least one table/schema should present for each -t/-n option.

Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>

doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml

@@ -544,6 +544,23 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>--strict-names</></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Require that each schema (-n / --schema) and table (-t / --table)
+        qualifier match at least one schema/table in the database to be dumped.
+        Note that if none of the schema/table qualifiers find matches pg_dump
+        will generate an error even without --strict-names.
+       </para>
+       <para>
+        This option has no effect on -N/--exclude-schema, -T/--exclude_table
+        or --exclude-table-date. An exclude pattern failing to match
+        any objects is not considered an error.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry>
       <term><option>-T <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable></option></term>
       <term><option>--exclude-table=<replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable></option></term>

doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml

@@ -431,6 +431,16 @@
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>--strict-names</></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Require that each schema (-n / --schema) and table (-t / --table)
+        qualifier match at least one schema/table in the backup file.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry>
       <term><option>-T <replaceable class="parameter">trigger</replaceable></option></term>
       <term><option>--trigger=<replaceable class="parameter">trigger</replaceable></option></term>

src/bin/pg_dump/dumputils.c

@@ -1220,6 +1220,7 @@ simple_string_list_append(SimpleStringList *list, const char *val)
 		pg_malloc(offsetof(SimpleStringListCell, val) +strlen(val) + 1);
 
 	cell->next = NULL;
+	cell->touched = false;
 	strcpy(cell->val, val);
 
 	if (list->tail)
@@ -1237,7 +1238,23 @@ simple_string_list_member(SimpleStringList *list, const char *val)
 	for (cell = list->head; cell; cell = cell->next)
 	{
 		if (strcmp(cell->val, val) == 0)
+		{
+			cell->touched = true;
 			return true;
 		}
+	}
 	return false;
 }
+
+const char *
+simple_string_list_not_touched(SimpleStringList *list)
+{
+	SimpleStringListCell *cell;
+
+	for (cell = list->head; cell; cell = cell->next)
+	{
+		if (!cell->touched)
+			return cell->val;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}

src/bin/pg_dump/dumputils.h

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ typedef struct SimpleOidList
 typedef struct SimpleStringListCell
 {
 	struct SimpleStringListCell *next;
+	bool		touched;				/* true, when this string was searched
+								      and touched */
 	char		val[FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER];		/* null-terminated string here */
 } SimpleStringListCell;
 
@@ -103,5 +105,7 @@ extern void set_dump_section(const char *arg, int *dumpSections);
 
 extern void simple_string_list_append(SimpleStringList *list, const char *val);
 extern bool simple_string_list_member(SimpleStringList *list, const char *val);
+extern const char *simple_string_list_not_touched(SimpleStringList *list);
+
 
 #endif   /* DUMPUTILS_H */

src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ typedef struct _restoreOptions
 	int			column_inserts;
 	int			if_exists;
 	int			no_security_labels;		/* Skip security label entries */
+	int			strict_names;
 
 	const char *filename;
 	int			dataOnly;

src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c

@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ static void reduce_dependencies(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te,
 static void mark_create_done(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
 static void inhibit_data_for_failed_table(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
 
+static void StrictNamesCheck(RestoreOptions *ropt);
+
+
 /*
  * Allocate a new DumpOptions block containing all default values.
  */
@@ -284,6 +287,10 @@ SetArchiveRestoreOptions(Archive *AHX, RestoreOptions *ropt)
 
 		te->reqs = _tocEntryRequired(te, curSection, ropt);
 	}
+
+	/* Enforce strict names checking */
+	if (ropt->strict_names)
+		StrictNamesCheck(ropt);
 }
 
 /* Public */
@@ -1104,6 +1111,10 @@ PrintTOCSummary(Archive *AHX, RestoreOptions *ropt)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Enforce strict names checking */
+	if (ropt->strict_names)
+		StrictNamesCheck(ropt);
+
 	if (ropt->filename)
 		RestoreOutput(AH, sav);
 }
@@ -2612,6 +2623,49 @@ processStdStringsEntry(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te)
 					  te->defn);
 }
 
+static void
+StrictNamesCheck(RestoreOptions *ropt)
+{
+	const char *missing_name;
+
+	Assert(ropt->strict_names);
+
+	if (ropt->schemaNames.head != NULL)
+	{
+		missing_name = simple_string_list_not_touched(&ropt->schemaNames);
+		if (missing_name != NULL)
+			exit_horribly(modulename, "Schema \"%s\" not found.\n", missing_name);
+	}
+
+	if (ropt->tableNames.head != NULL)
+	{
+		missing_name = simple_string_list_not_touched(&ropt->tableNames);
+		if (missing_name != NULL)
+			exit_horribly(modulename, "Table \"%s\" not found.\n", missing_name);
+	}
+
+	if (ropt->indexNames.head != NULL)
+	{
+		missing_name = simple_string_list_not_touched(&ropt->indexNames);
+		if (missing_name != NULL)
+			exit_horribly(modulename, "Index \"%s\" not found.\n", missing_name);
+	}
+
+	if (ropt->functionNames.head != NULL)
+	{
+		missing_name = simple_string_list_not_touched(&ropt->functionNames);
+		if (missing_name != NULL)
+			exit_horribly(modulename, "Function \"%s\" not found.\n", missing_name);
+	}
+
+	if (ropt->triggerNames.head != NULL)
+	{
+		missing_name = simple_string_list_not_touched(&ropt->triggerNames);
+		if (missing_name != NULL)
+			exit_horribly(modulename, "Trigger \"%s\" not found.\n", missing_name);
+	}
+}
+
 static teReqs
 _tocEntryRequired(TocEntry *te, teSection curSection, RestoreOptions *ropt)
 {

src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c

@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ static const char *username_subquery;
 /* obsolete as of 7.3: */
 static Oid	g_last_builtin_oid; /* value of the last builtin oid */
 
+/* The specified names/patterns should to match at least one entity */
+static int	strict_names = 0;
+
 /*
  * Object inclusion/exclusion lists
  *
@@ -131,10 +134,12 @@ static void setup_connection(Archive *AH, DumpOptions *dopt,
 static ArchiveFormat parseArchiveFormat(const char *format, ArchiveMode *mode);
 static void expand_schema_name_patterns(Archive *fout,
 							SimpleStringList *patterns,
-							SimpleOidList *oids);
+							SimpleOidList *oids,
+							bool strict_names);
 static void expand_table_name_patterns(Archive *fout,
 						   SimpleStringList *patterns,
-						   SimpleOidList *oids);
+						   SimpleOidList *oids,
+						   bool strict_names);
 static NamespaceInfo *findNamespace(Archive *fout, Oid nsoid, Oid objoid);
 static void dumpTableData(Archive *fout, DumpOptions *dopt, TableDataInfo *tdinfo);
 static void refreshMatViewData(Archive *fout, TableDataInfo *tdinfo);
@@ -333,6 +338,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"section", required_argument, NULL, 5},
 		{"serializable-deferrable", no_argument, &dopt.serializable_deferrable, 1},
 		{"snapshot", required_argument, NULL, 6},
+		{"strict-names", no_argument, &strict_names, 1},
 		{"use-set-session-authorization", no_argument, &dopt.use_setsessauth, 1},
 		{"no-security-labels", no_argument, &dopt.no_security_labels, 1},
 		{"no-synchronized-snapshots", no_argument, &dopt.no_synchronized_snapshots, 1},
@@ -690,27 +696,32 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (schema_include_patterns.head != NULL)
 	{
 		expand_schema_name_patterns(fout, &schema_include_patterns,
-									&schema_include_oids);
+									&schema_include_oids,
+									strict_names);
 		if (schema_include_oids.head == NULL)
 			exit_horribly(NULL, "No matching schemas were found\n");
 	}
 	expand_schema_name_patterns(fout, &schema_exclude_patterns,
-								&schema_exclude_oids);
+								&schema_exclude_oids,
+								false);
 	/* non-matching exclusion patterns aren't an error */
 
 	/* Expand table selection patterns into OID lists */
 	if (table_include_patterns.head != NULL)
 	{
 		expand_table_name_patterns(fout, &table_include_patterns,
-								   &table_include_oids);
+								   &table_include_oids,
+								   strict_names);
 		if (table_include_oids.head == NULL)
 			exit_horribly(NULL, "No matching tables were found\n");
 	}
 	expand_table_name_patterns(fout, &table_exclude_patterns,
-							   &table_exclude_oids);
+							   &table_exclude_oids,
+							   false);
 
 	expand_table_name_patterns(fout, &tabledata_exclude_patterns,
-							   &tabledata_exclude_oids);
+							   &tabledata_exclude_oids,
+							   false);
 
 	/* non-matching exclusion patterns aren't an error */
 
@@ -905,6 +916,8 @@ help(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("  --section=SECTION            dump named section (pre-data, data, or post-data)\n"));
 	printf(_("  --serializable-deferrable    wait until the dump can run without anomalies\n"));
 	printf(_("  --snapshot=SNAPSHOT          use given synchronous snapshot for the dump\n"));
+	printf(_("  --strict-names               require table and/or schema include patterns to\n"
+			 "                               match at least one entity each\n"));
 	printf(_("  --use-set-session-authorization\n"
 			 "                               use SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION commands instead of\n"
 			 "                               ALTER OWNER commands to set ownership\n"));
@@ -1135,7 +1148,8 @@ parseArchiveFormat(const char *format, ArchiveMode *mode)
 static void
 expand_schema_name_patterns(Archive *fout,
 							SimpleStringList *patterns,
-							SimpleOidList *oids)
+							SimpleOidList *oids,
+							bool strict_names)
 {
 	PQExpBuffer query;
 	PGresult   *res;
@@ -1151,21 +1165,20 @@ expand_schema_name_patterns(Archive *fout,
 	query = createPQExpBuffer();
 
 	/*
-	 * We use UNION ALL rather than UNION; this might sometimes result in
+	 * This might sometimes result in duplicate entries in the OID list,
-	 * duplicate entries in the OID list, but we don't care.
+	 * but we don't care.
 	 */
 
 	for (cell = patterns->head; cell; cell = cell->next)
 	{
-		if (cell != patterns->head)
-			appendPQExpBufferStr(query, "UNION ALL\n");
 		appendPQExpBuffer(query,
 						  "SELECT oid FROM pg_catalog.pg_namespace n\n");
 		processSQLNamePattern(GetConnection(fout), query, cell->val, false,
 							  false, NULL, "n.nspname", NULL, NULL);
-	}
 
 		res = ExecuteSqlQuery(fout, query->data, PGRES_TUPLES_OK);
+		if (strict_names && PQntuples(res) == 0)
+			exit_horribly(NULL, "No matching table(s) were found for pattern \"%s\"\n", cell->val);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < PQntuples(res); i++)
 		{
@@ -1173,6 +1186,9 @@ expand_schema_name_patterns(Archive *fout,
 		}
 
 		PQclear(res);
+		resetPQExpBuffer(query);
+	}
+
 	destroyPQExpBuffer(query);
 }
 
@@ -1182,7 +1198,8 @@ expand_schema_name_patterns(Archive *fout,
  */
 static void
 expand_table_name_patterns(Archive *fout,
-						   SimpleStringList *patterns, SimpleOidList *oids)
+						   SimpleStringList *patterns, SimpleOidList *oids,
+						   bool strict_names)
 {
 	PQExpBuffer query;
 	PGresult   *res;
@@ -1195,14 +1212,12 @@ expand_table_name_patterns(Archive *fout,
 	query = createPQExpBuffer();
 
 	/*
-	 * We use UNION ALL rather than UNION; this might sometimes result in
+	 * this might sometimes result in duplicate entries in the OID list,
-	 * duplicate entries in the OID list, but we don't care.
+	 * but we don't care.
 	 */
 
 	for (cell = patterns->head; cell; cell = cell->next)
 	{
-		if (cell != patterns->head)
-			appendPQExpBufferStr(query, "UNION ALL\n");
 		appendPQExpBuffer(query,
 						  "SELECT c.oid"
 						  "\nFROM pg_catalog.pg_class c"
@@ -1213,9 +1228,10 @@ expand_table_name_patterns(Archive *fout,
 		processSQLNamePattern(GetConnection(fout), query, cell->val, true,
 							  false, "n.nspname", "c.relname", NULL,
 							  "pg_catalog.pg_table_is_visible(c.oid)");
-	}
 
 		res = ExecuteSqlQuery(fout, query->data, PGRES_TUPLES_OK);
+		if (strict_names && PQntuples(res) == 0)
+			exit_horribly(NULL, "No matching table(s) were found for pattern \"%s\"\n", cell->val);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < PQntuples(res); i++)
 		{
@@ -1223,6 +1239,9 @@ expand_table_name_patterns(Archive *fout,
 		}
 
 		PQclear(res);
+		resetPQExpBuffer(query);
+	}
+
 	destroyPQExpBuffer(query);
 }
 

src/bin/pg_dump/pg_restore.c

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	static int	outputNoTablespaces = 0;
 	static int	use_setsessauth = 0;
 	static int	no_security_labels = 0;
+	static int	strict_names = 0;
 
 	struct option cmdopts[] = {
 		{"clean", 0, NULL, 'c'},
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"no-tablespaces", no_argument, &outputNoTablespaces, 1},
 		{"role", required_argument, NULL, 2},
 		{"section", required_argument, NULL, 3},
+		{"strict-names", no_argument, &strict_names, 1},
 		{"use-set-session-authorization", no_argument, &use_setsessauth, 1},
 		{"no-security-labels", no_argument, &no_security_labels, 1},
 
@@ -345,6 +347,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit_nicely(1);
 	}
 	opts->if_exists = if_exists;
+	opts->strict_names = strict_names;
 
 	if (opts->formatName)
 	{
@@ -467,6 +470,8 @@ usage(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("  --no-security-labels         do not restore security labels\n"));
 	printf(_("  --no-tablespaces             do not restore tablespace assignments\n"));
 	printf(_("  --section=SECTION            restore named section (pre-data, data, or post-data)\n"));
+	printf(_("  --strict-names               require table and/or schema include patterns to\n"
+			 "                               match at least one entity each\n"));
 	printf(_("  --use-set-session-authorization\n"
 			 "                               use SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION commands instead of\n"
 			 "                               ALTER OWNER commands to set ownership\n"));