Since we currently don't have a selective export, but we do have a selective purge, could I make a copy of the my whole database (using pgdump I'm assuming, dump & restore), then selectively purge what I don't want. So in a roundabout way, it would be kind of like a selective export (and then having those files imported into a new db)? I
I'm like most. If there's a gui that I can be lazy--point, click, & drag, I'll probably use it, but you gotta do what you gotta do! In fact, I've been trying to learn some Ruby on Rails as it seems a really powerful and overall, pretty intuitive way to work with databases (among other things).
I've never tried Ruby on Rails personally; I learned Python back in the day and PHP when it was useful . . . I've heard plenty about Ruby on Rails though and maybe one of these days I'll look into it
(For the record, the "average person" has never heard of Ruby on Rails, I assure you.)