Re: [GENERAL] schema name in SQL statement.
On Tuesday 19 August 2008 9:53:11 pm johnf wrote: On Tuesday 19 August 2008 04:01:55 pm Adrian Klaver wrote: -- Original message -- From: Masis, Alexander (US SSA) [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have to explicitly specify the schema name to make SQL statement to work. Can I set the schema before the query, or set a default schema? My current statement: SELECT col FROM schema.table I like to be able to use generic SQL statement like: SELECT col FROM table -- See search_path in: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/runtime-config-client.html -- Adrian Klaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] I see answers like this all the time. When I review the doc's I still don't know how to set the search_path because there is no example in the doc's. Do I do something like this: select search_path=(public) or select search_path=public . So how is the search_path set? -- John Fabiani From postgresql.conf.sample in ~pgsql/share: #--- # CLIENT CONNECTION DEFAULTS #--- # - Statement Behavior - #search_path = '$user,public' # schema names This is how the initial postgresql.conf is set up when you do an initdb. I have found the postgresql.conf to be quite well commented. -- Adrian Klaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] schema name in SQL statement.
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Adrian Klaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From postgresql.conf.sample in ~pgsql/share: #--- # CLIENT CONNECTION DEFAULTS #--- # - Statement Behavior - #search_path = '$user,public' # schema names This is how the initial postgresql.conf is set up when you do an initdb. I have found the postgresql.conf to be quite well commented. I have a question (not necessarily to you...) . How come that syntax parses for postgresql.conf, but in psql it doesn't: set search_path = '$user,public' ; ERROR: schema $user,public does not exist I have to use this: set search_path = $user,public ; SET -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] schema name in SQL statement.
--- On Tue, 8/19/08, Masis, Alexander (US SSA) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Masis, Alexander (US SSA) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [GENERAL] schema name in SQL statement. To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 10:52 PM I have to explicitly specify the schema name to make SQL statement to work. Can I set the schema before the query, or set a default schema? My current statement: SELECT col FROM schema.table I like to be able to use generic SQL statement like: SELECT col FROM table -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general you can change the search path of the schema SET search_path TO myschema -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
[GENERAL] schema name in SQL statement.
I have to explicitly specify the schema name to make SQL statement to work. Can I set the schema before the query, or set a default schema? My current statement: SELECT col FROM schema.table I like to be able to use generic SQL statement like: SELECT col FROM table -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] schema name in SQL statement.
-- Original message -- From: Masis, Alexander (US SSA) [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have to explicitly specify the schema name to make SQL statement to work. Can I set the schema before the query, or set a default schema? My current statement: SELECT col FROM schema.table I like to be able to use generic SQL statement like: SELECT col FROM table -- See search_path in: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/runtime-config-client.html -- Adrian Klaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] schema name in SQL statement.
On Tuesday 19 August 2008 04:01:55 pm Adrian Klaver wrote: -- Original message -- From: Masis, Alexander (US SSA) [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have to explicitly specify the schema name to make SQL statement to work. Can I set the schema before the query, or set a default schema? My current statement: SELECT col FROM schema.table I like to be able to use generic SQL statement like: SELECT col FROM table -- See search_path in: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/runtime-config-client.html -- Adrian Klaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] I see answers like this all the time. When I review the doc's I still don't know how to set the search_path because there is no example in the doc's. Do I do something like this: select search_path=(public) or select search_path=public . So how is the search_path set? -- John Fabiani -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] schema name in SQL statement.
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:53 PM, johnf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 19 August 2008 04:01:55 pm Adrian Klaver wrote: From: Masis, Alexander (US SSA) [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have to explicitly specify the schema name to make SQL statement to work. Can I set the schema before the query, or set a default schema? My current statement: SELECT col FROM schema.table I like to be able to use generic SQL statement like: SELECT col FROM table See search_path in: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/runtime-config-client.html I see answers like this all the time. When I review the doc's I still don't know how to set the search_path because there is no example in the doc's. Do I do something like this: select search_path=(public) or select search_path=public . So how is the search_path set? But there is a link on that page under search_path that points here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/ddl-schemas.html which has much better info on search_path in it. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] schema name in SQL statement.
On Tuesday 19 August 2008 10:06:55 pm Scott Marlowe wrote: On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:53 PM, johnf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 19 August 2008 04:01:55 pm Adrian Klaver wrote: From: Masis, Alexander (US SSA) [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have to explicitly specify the schema name to make SQL statement to work. Can I set the schema before the query, or set a default schema? My current statement: SELECT col FROM schema.table I like to be able to use generic SQL statement like: SELECT col FROM table See search_path in: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/runtime-config-client.htm l I see answers like this all the time. When I review the doc's I still don't know how to set the search_path because there is no example in the doc's. Do I do something like this: select search_path=(public) or select search_path=public . So how is the search_path set? But there is a link on that page under search_path that points here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/ddl-schemas.html which has much better info on search_path in it. Thanks - I did not note the link. -- John Fabiani -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] schema name in SQL statement.
-Original Message- From: johnf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] schema name in SQL statement. Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:25:14 -0700 On Tuesday 19 August 2008 10:06:55 pm Scott Marlowe wrote: On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:53 PM, johnf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 19 August 2008 04:01:55 pm Adrian Klaver wrote: From: Masis, Alexander (US SSA) [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have to explicitly specify the schema name to make SQL statement to work. Can I set the schema before the query, or set a default schema? My current statement: SELECT col FROM schema.table I like to be able to use generic SQL statement like: SELECT col FROM table See search_path in: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/runtime-config-client.htm l I see answers like this all the time. When I review the doc's I still don't know how to set the search_path because there is no example in the doc's. Do I do something like this: select search_path=(public) or select search_path=public . So how is the search_path set? set search_path = 'xmxmxmxmxmxm' -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
