Re: How do write schema independent install files for functions.

On 16/07/2012 20:44, Tom Lane wrote:
> Philip Couling <phil(at)pedal(dot)me(dot)uk> writes:
>> I have a number of functions which I wish to wrap up in a SQL script
>> (well technically DDL script). The functions reference one another and
>> for safety it is necessary for them to ether set the search_path or
>> directly reference the schema for one another.
>
>> I was wondering if there is good / recommended way to write the install
>> script to easily install to an arbitrary schema.
>
> CREATE FUNCTION's "SET search_path FROM CURRENT" option might help you.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

Thanks tom. That was exactly what I was looking for and what I'd missed
in the manual.

For the sake of future readers "FROM CURRENT" is documented here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-createfunction.html

Regards