Re: Objects without schema

From: Ian Barwick <ian(dot)barwick(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: jobyjc(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Objects without schema
Date: 2018-11-30 01:44:42
Message-ID: 55aeb849-4cea-ef50-9076-db5703220548@2ndquadrant.com
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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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