On Mon, October 5, 2020 12:51, Tom Lane wrote: > "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> [root@accounting-2 ~ (master)]# psql --dbname=idempiere >> --username=idempiere_dbadmin --host=localhost >> Password for user idempiere_dbadmin: >> psql (11.8) >> Type "help" for help. > >> idempiere=# select current_schemas(true); >> current_schemas >> ------------------------ >> {adempiere,pg_catalog} >> (1 row) > >> idempiere=# select uuid_generate_v4(); >> ERROR: function uuid_generate_v4() does not exist >> LINE 1: select uuid_generate_v4(); >> ^ >> HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need >> to >> add explicit type casts. >> idempiere=# select public.uuid_generate_v4(); >> uuid_generate_v4 >> -------------------------------------- >> 5ba19b69-ec8e-4d8e-8968-7c84eccc4351 >> (1 row) > > Well, at least here we have consistent results: "public" is not in > your search_path. (Presumably, "show search_path" would confirm > that.) The question is what did you do differently before that > led to the other current_schemas result? If the *only* difference > is whether you use --host=localhost or not, it's hard to conclude > anything but that you're connecting to two different databases. > I don't quite see how that could be, with only one postmaster on > the machine, but maybe it's time to wonder about rogue connection > poolers or the like. specifying the connection host does not change the observed behaviours. > > It might be worth poking into the pg_db_role_setting catalog, > which is the most likely source of a different search_path for > different connections. It seems so: idempiere=# SELECT * FROM pg_db_role_setting; setdatabase | setrole | setconfig -------------+---------+--------------------------------------- 0 | 21328 | {"search_path=adempiere, pg_catalog"} (1 row) > > Another line of thought is maybe you have a ~/.psqlrc that's > altering the search_path setting. > Up until 5 minutes ago I did not have a ~/.psqlrc file. And there is no system psqlrc file. -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Unencrypted messages have no legal claim to privacy Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3