Re: pg_dump bug?

ohp(at)pyrenet(dot)fr wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is on 7.3.4
> I had altered a user like this:
> alter user set search_path = shema1,public
>
> Then I had to pgdumpall, re-initdb and restore every thing.
>
> The alter user did'nt get through. and broke my app.

Yes, it seems pg_dump doesn't dump per-database alter information, only
pg_dumpall does. That information is considered global to the cluster,
rather than per-database.

Should we throw a warning or dump that info in pg_dump?

> Is it a pg_dump bug? I haven't tested on 7.4b
>
> BTW, would'nt it be more logical if we could set the search_path on a
> database basis. ALTER DATABASE doesn't seem to support it
> Regards,

I just tried it in 7.4beta and it worked:

test=> alter database test set search_path to 'public';

When I disconnect and reconnect:

test=> show search_path;
search_path
-------------
public
(1 row)

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