append to the current search_path

Started by TJ O'Donnellover 20 years ago2 messagesgeneral
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#1TJ O'Donnell
tjo@acm.org

How can I append to the current search_path?
How can I put $user (back) into the search path?
These commands all fail:
set search_path $user,public,gnova;
set search_path \$user,public,gnova;
set search_path '$user',public,gnova;

Ideally, I would like something like PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/bin
where I can get the current value and just append to it.

TJ

#2Michael Fuhr
mike@fuhr.org
In reply to: TJ O'Donnell (#1)
Re: append to the current search_path

On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 06:30:59PM -0700, TJ O'Donnell wrote:

How can I append to the current search_path?
How can I put $user (back) into the search path?
These commands all fail:
set search_path $user,public,gnova;
set search_path \$user,public,gnova;
set search_path '$user',public,gnova;

The last one should succeed if you add "TO" or "=" as the SET
documentation shows.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/sql-set.html

Ideally, I would like something like PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/bin
where I can get the current value and just append to it.

You could use the set_config() and current_setting() functions.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/functions-admin.html

I'm not aware of a way to append to a variable's current setting
with SET, but I'd be happy to be corrected.

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Michael Fuhr