<command>SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</command>
statements to set ownership of created database objects.
These statements
will fail when the script is run unless it is started by a superuser
(or the same user that owns all of the objects in the script).
To make a script that can be restored by any user, but will give
that user ownership of all the objects, specify <option>-O</option>.
</para>
<para>
This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
call <command>pg_restore</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-R</option></term>
<term><option>--no-reconnect</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This option is obsolete but still accepted for backwards
compatibility.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-s</option></term>
<term><option>--schema-only</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Dump only the object definitions (schema), not data or statistics.
</para>
<para>
This option cannot be used with <option>--data-only</option>
or <option>--statistics-only</option>.
It is similar to, but for historical reasons not identical to,
specifying
<option>--section=pre-data --section=post-data</option>.
</para>
<para>
(Do not confuse this with the <option>--schema</option> option, which
uses the word <quote>schema</quote> in a different meaning.)
</para>
<para>
To exclude table data for only a subset of tables in the database,
see <option>--exclude-table-data</option>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-S <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></option></term>
<term><option>--superuser=<replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specify the superuser user name to use when disabling triggers.
This is relevant only if <option>--disable-triggers</option> is used.
(Usually, it's better to leave this out, and instead start the
resulting script as superuser.)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-t <replaceable class="parameter">pattern</replaceable></option></term>
<term><option>--table=<replaceable class="parameter">pattern</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Dump only tables with names matching
<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
<application>psql</application>'s <literal>\d</literal> commands
(see <xref linkend="app-psql-patterns"/>),
so multiple tables can also be selected by writing wildcard characters
in the pattern. When using wildcards, be careful to quote the pattern
if needed to prevent the shell from expanding the wildcards; see
<xref linkend="pg-dump-examples"/> below.
</para>
<para>
As well as tables, this option can be used to dump the definition of matching
views, materialized views, foreign tables, and sequences. 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>