On 17 September 2012 11:06, Adam Mackler <adammackler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have the feeling the answer is no, but I would like an authoritative > answer before I give up. > > My plan was to have two schemas: one for the live data, and one for staging, > training, and testing. Both schemas would have identically-named tables. I > wanted to create a single view in the public schema, and have that one view > refer to the tables in one or the other schema depending on my search_path > setting at the time I query the view. > > But it seems that at the time the view is created it decides which schema's > table it's referring to, even if I don't explicitly qualify the table names > with the schema name. > > Am I correct in concluding that there's no way to have a single view in the > public schema that selects data from tables in different other schemas > depending on my search_path at the time I execute a query involving that > view? > > Thanks. > -- > Adam Mackler Wouldn't it be easier to create a view in each schema with the appropriate search_path? That way, you get the view that your search_path points to, which then in turn uses the tables from the search_path in use when the view was created. -- If you can't see the forest for the trees, Cut the trees and you'll see there is no forest. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
