alter database "MYDATABASE" SET search_path TO custom, clientdata, configs, replication, structure, archive; that seems to fix it. Thank you! -----Original Message----- From: Merlin Moncure [mailto:mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:40 PM To: Jonathan Brinkman Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: searchpath reverts to default after each server restart On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Jonathan Brinkman <jonathanbrinkman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When i run the command > SET search_path TO custom,idsystems, clientdata, configs, replication, > structure, archive; > then when I run > SHOW search_path; > it does show those schemas as the search_path. however when i restart the > postgresql service, the search_path has reverted to $User, public. > when i put the SET search_path function in the postgresql.conf file (as > below) the service wouldn't restart. i think because it doesn't like the > "public" schema (which i don't use). > > > #[postgresql.conf file:] > # the postgresql service wouldn't start with this setting. > > > # CLIENT CONNECTION DEFAULTS > #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > # - Statement Behavior - > > search_path = > custom,idsystems,clientdata,configs,replication,structure,archive,public; the path needs to be single quoted. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general