Re: accessing schemas

Mark,

You need 7.3 for schema support (7.3 is currently in Beta2 I think)

Best wishes

Mark
Mark Wilson wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am using postgresql 7.2.1.
>
> I'm trying to create two separate objects with the same name, a table
> and a view on the table.  It seems like the best way to do this is to
> create two schemas and have the view reference the table in the other
> schema.  But I have a problem.  TO start with, it seems like psql is
> creating another database instead of another schema (e.g. CREATE
> SCHEMA TEST1; returns CREATE DATABASE).  This is not the biggest
> problem in the world, although I had thought that schemas would be
> subordinate to databases (just like users :~)
>
> Secondly, when I run "\c test2 testuser" to *connect* to the schema I
> want the view created in, where
> running        create view try1 as select * from test1.try1;
> returns        ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "."
> How can I get the view in the test2 schema to reference the table in
> schema test1?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark