Re: pg_dump bug?

On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:51:02 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
> To: ohp@pyrenet.fr
> Cc: pgsql-hackers list <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] pg_dump bug?
>
> ohp@pyrenet.fr wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is on 7.3.4
> > I had altered a user like this:
> > alter user set search_path = shema1,public
> >
> > Then I had to pgdumpall, re-initdb and restore every thing.
> >
> > The alter user did'nt get through. and broke my app.
>
> Yes, it seems pg_dump doesn't dump per-database alter information, only
> pg_dumpall does.  That information is considered global to the cluster,
> rather than per-database.
Err, I had done a pg_dumpall..
Does alter database set serach_pat = blah works on 7.3.4?
>
> Should we throw a warning or dump that info in pg_dump?
>
> > Is it a pg_dump bug? I haven't tested on 7.4b
> >
> > BTW, would'nt it be more logical if we could set the search_path on a
> > database basis. ALTER DATABASE doesn't seem to support it
> > Regards,
>
> I just tried it in 7.4beta and it worked:
>
>     test=> alter database test set search_path to 'public';
>
> When I disconnect and reconnect:
>
>     test=> show search_path;
>      search_path
>     -------------
>      public
>     (1 row)
>
>

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