Re: select view definition from pg_views feature request - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Michael Shapiro
Subject Re: select view definition from pg_views feature request
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Msg-id CAGCvxeYArO8-tmFD1MzMP8nuAef25fhphPA6K38k6hV5jpoNEg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: select view definition from pg_views feature request  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: select view definition from pg_views feature request  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>)
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Can I set search_path='' (ie to a string that does not match any existing schema)? Would that be the proper way to guarantee that the definition for any view will always be fully-qualified?

On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 3:15 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
Michael Shapiro <mshapiro51@gmail.com> writes:
> It seems that the definition of a view from pg_catalog.pg_views does not
> qualify the tables used in the view if the tables are in the current search
> path.

> Is it possible to either have the definition always qualify all tables
> independent of the search_path (or else provide a new column that does
> that)?

Why don't you just change the search path to empty before selecting?

                        regards, tom lane

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