Re: Objects without schema - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Ian Barwick
Subject Re: Objects without schema
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Msg-id 55aeb849-4cea-ef50-9076-db5703220548@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to Objects without schema  (PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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On 11/30/2018 02:27 AM, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> 
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/ddl-schemas.html
> Description:
> 
> In the last section of the document it says 'If you need to work with those
> systems, then maximum portability would be achieved by not using schemas at
> all.'.
> But how do we achieve this? If I am not mistaken, all objects(like tables)
> created in the database need to be created under one schema.

Correct, in that every object has to have a schema, by default the "public"
schema.

I suspect what this is trying to say is that you should keep all objects under
one schema, and not explicitly reference that schema; that way queries and DDL
would be more portable.


Regards

Ian Barwick

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