<listitem>

<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