Re: pgsql: Fix search_path to a safe value during maintenance operations.

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: pgsql: Fix search_path to a safe value during maintenance operations.
Date: 2023-08-01 21:47:47
Message-ID: CAKFQuwbLmqsATUzFzqrrrVBC5ynVV3iETkpz8Hxvu57v3WgNuA@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 2:38 PM Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2023-08-01 at 11:16 -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> > They can use ALTER FUNCTION and the existing "FROM CURRENT"
> > specification to get back to current behavior if desired.
>
> The current behavior is that the search_path comes from the environment
> each execution. FROM CURRENT saves the search_path at definition time
> and uses that each execution.
>
>
Right...I apparently misread "create" as "the" in "when CREATE FUNCTION is
executed".

The overall point stands, it just requires defining a similar "FROM
SESSION" to allow for explicitly specifying the current default (missing)
behavior.

David J.

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