Doh ! Thanks for the insight.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wed 9/29/2004 8:40 AM
To: Gregory S. Williamson
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Setting search paths inside a function (plpgsql)
"Gregory S. Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> RAISE NOTICE ''doing name search for fips %'',p_fips;
> env_str := ''SET search_path TO f'' || p_fips || '',public'';
> EXECUTE env_str;
> RAISE NOTICE ''did exec of <%>'',env_str;
> FOR retrec IN
> SELECT o.gid,o.s_fips_cou,o.s_zip,o.s_ownername
> FROM parcel_owners o, parcel_owner_fti f
> WHERE f.string = p_srchstr AND f.id = o.orig_id ORDER BY 2,3,4
> LOOP
You'd have to use FOR-IN-EXECUTE to make this work the way you are
expecting. As is, the plan for the SELECT is generated and cached
the first time through, and in the process the table references are
bound to specific tables in specific schemas.
regards, tom lane
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