Re: Schemas, and visibility of tables in MS-Query.

From: Jeff Eckermann <jeff_eckermann(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: Harry Broomhall <harry(dot)broomhall(at)uk(dot)easynet(dot)net>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Schemas, and visibility of tables in MS-Query.
Date: 2003-10-01 14:03:55
Message-ID: 20031001140355.22234.qmail@web20807.mail.yahoo.com
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--- Harry Broomhall <harry(dot)broomhall(at)uk(dot)easynet(dot)net>
wrote:
> Harry Broomhall writes:
> > One of the extras I had hoped for with PgSQL
> 7.3 Schemas was a
> > somewhat cosmetic, but useful, change in the way
> that MS-Query sees
> > tables in a database.
> >
> > What I *actualy* want to achieve is for the
> MS-Query browser only
> > to show some tables from the database it is
> connected to.
> >
> > I've played with various variations on schemas,
> but whatever I do
> > the browser insists on showing <All> schemas, and
> hence all tables.
> [SNIP]
>
> Well that produced a resounding silence! I'm not
> sure if this was:
> 1) It was thought too silly for words
> 2) It is impossible to do
> 3) Everybody was waiting for everybody else to
> comment
> 4) Something else
>
>
> I'll ask again, just in case somebody did comment
> and that comment fell
> into the global bit-bucket...
>
> Is there any way to effectively hide tables in a
> database from being
> seen by MS Query?

AFAIK (I haven't done this myself), you can issue a
"set search path" command in the "Connect Settings"
box in the DSN, which will limit the schemas seen to
whatever you put in the search path list.

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