Thanks for the link, I wasn't reading the right page(s) in the documentation. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Tom Lane<tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Postgres User <postgres.developer@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> In the docs, I see repeated references to $user in the postgresql.conf >> schema search_path setting such as: > >> search_path = '"$user",public' > >> But I don't see any info on the meaning of '$user' here. > > I guess you didn't read the actual documentation of search_path: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/runtime-config-client.html#GUC-SEARCH-PATH > It says > > The value for search_path has to be a comma-separated list of schema > names. If one of the list items is the special value $user, then the > schema having the name returned by SESSION_USER is substituted, if there > is such a schema. (If not, $user is ignored.) > > regards, tom lane > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
