Re: select view definition from pg_views feature request

From: David Rowley <david(dot)rowley(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: George Neuner <gneuner2(at)comcast(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: select view definition from pg_views feature request
Date: 2019-11-05 01:29:00
Message-ID: CAKJS1f9S0JOoE0CVzrrrumYzBvTSGKx3rct+rvjscdurwJ_frA@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 at 11:05, George Neuner <gneuner2(at)comcast(dot)net> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 03 Nov 2019 16:15:23 -0500, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
> >Why don't you just change the search path to empty before selecting?
>
>
> I'm guessing this is fine inside a transaction, but what if you're
> using a client that commits by statement? In that case, wouldn't the
> change to the path affect the other backends?

See https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-set.html

"SET only affects the value used by the current session."

Also:

"The effects of SET LOCAL last only till the end of the current transaction"

Neither affects other sessions.

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David Rowley http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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