Hello,
I'd like to propose adding `--drop-cascade` option for pg_dump/restore
Usecase:
I'd like to be able to restore an old custom format database dump as a single transaction ( so the current data won't lose if restore fails). The database has added some new constraints after backup so a CASCADE DROP is needed.
This allows for restoring an old backup after adding new constraints,
at the risk of losing new data.
There're already some requests for supporting cascade drop:
Design & Implementation
Basically I'm following the changes in adding `--if-exists` patch: https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/9067310cc5dd590e36c2c3219dbf3961d7c9f8cb . pg_dump/restore will inject a CASCADE clause to each DROP command.
The attached patch has been tested on our old backup. I'm happy to get some feedback.