search_path and SET ROLE

[Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@xxxxxxxxx>]

PG 9.6.24 (Soon, I swear!)

It seems that the search_path of the role that you SET ROLE to does not become the new search_path.

Am I missing something, or is that PG's behavior?

AS USER postgres
================

$ psql -h 10.143.170.52 -Xac "CREATE ROLE dbagrp SUPERUSER INHERIT NOLOGIN;"
CREATE ROLE dbagrp SUPERUSER INHERIT NOLOGIN;
CREATE ROLE

$ psql -h 10.143.170.52 -Xac "CREATE USER rjohnson IN GROUP dbagrp INHERIT;"
CREATE USER rjohnson IN GROUP dbagrp INHERIT;
CREATE ROLE

[postgres@FISPMONDB001 ~]$ psql -h 10.143.170.52 -Xac "CREATE USER \"11026270\" IN GROUP dbagrp INHERIT PASSWORD '${NewPass}' VALID UNTIL '2024-06-30 23:59:59';"
CREATE USER "11026270" IN GROUP dbagrp INHERIT PASSWORD 'linenoise' VALID UNTIL '2024-06-30 23:59:59';
CREATE ROLE

$ psql -h 10.143.170.52 -Xac "ALTER ROLE dbagrp set search_path = dbagrp, public, dba, cds, tms;"
ALTER ROLE dbagrp set search_path = dbagrp, public, dba, cds, tms;
ALTER ROLE

AS USER rjohnson
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[rjohnson@fpslbxcdsdbppg1 ~]$ psql -dCDSLBXW
psql (9.6.24)
Type "help" for help.

CDSLBXW=> SET ROLE dbagrp;
SET
CDSLBXW=#
CDSLBXW=# SHOW SEARCH_PATH;
   search_path  
-----------------
 "$user", public
(1 row)


Back to user postgres
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$ psql -h 10.143.170.52 -Xac "ALTER ROLE rjohnson set search_path = dbagrp, public, dba, cds, tms;"
ALTER ROLE rjohnson set search_path = dbagrp, public, dba, cds, tms;
ALTER ROLE

Back to user rjohnson

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[rjohnson@fpslbxcdsdbppg1 ~]$ psql -dCDSLBXW
psql (9.6.24)
Type "help" for help.

CDSLBXW=>
CDSLBXW=> SET ROLE dbagrp;
SET

CDSLBXW=# SHOW SEARCH_PATH;
          search_path          
-------------------------------
 dbagrp, public, dba, cds, tms
(1 row)