> > is a patch to add some cross-referencing.
Oliver Elphick
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path returned.
</para>
+ <para id=set-search-path xreflabel="SET SEARCH_PATH">
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>search path</primary>
+ <secondary>changing at runtime</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ The search path may be altered by a runtime-alterable GUC setting. The
+ command to use is <command>
+ SET SEARCH_PATH '<varname>schema</varname>'[,'<varname>schema</varname>']...
+ </command>
+ </para>
+
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<title>System Information Functions</title>
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</para>
<para>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>schemas</primary>
+ <secondary>current schema</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
The current effective value of the search path can be examined
via the SQL function <function>current_schemas()</>. This is not
quite the same as examining the value of
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place <literal>pg_catalog</> at the end of your search path if you
prefer to have user-defined names override built-in names.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ The search path is determined by the GUC variable SEARCH_PATH and
+ may be changed at any time. See <xref linkend="set-search-path">.
+ </para>
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