Re: [GENERAL] Setting search_path ignored

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 7:00 AM, Guyren Howe <guyren@gmail.com> wrote:

CREATE ROLE thing_accessor;

CREATE ROLE

CREATE SCHEMA thing_accessor;

CREATE SCHEMA

covermything=> ALTER ROLE thing_accessor SET search_path=thing_accessor;

ALTER ROLE

covermything=# SET ROLE thing_accessor;

SET

covermything=> SHOW search_path;

   search_path   

-----------------

 "$user", public

(1 row)

 

This seems to contradict all the advice I can find about setting the schema search path.

​Settings associated with roles only take affect at session start/login.   SET ROLE does not cause them to be read/executed.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/config-setting.html

"Values set with ALTER DATABASE and ALTER ROLE are applied only when starting a fresh database session."

David J.

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