Re: accessing schemas

Sigh. Thanks guys.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Kirkwood" <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>
To: "Mark Wilson" <mark(at)mediasculpt(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] accessing schemas

> Mark,
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> You need 7.3 for schema support (7.3 is currently in Beta2 I think)
>
> Best wishes
>
> Mark
> Mark Wilson wrote:
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am using postgresql 7.2.1.
> >
> > I'm trying to create two separate objects with the same name, a table
> > and a view on the table. It seems like the best way to do this is to
> > create two schemas and have the view reference the table in the other
> > schema. But I have a problem. TO start with, it seems like psql is
> > creating another database instead of another schema (e.g. CREATE
> > SCHEMA TEST1; returns CREATE DATABASE). This is not the biggest
> > problem in the world, although I had thought that schemas would be
> > subordinate to databases (just like users :~)
> >
> > Secondly, when I run "\c test2 testuser" to *connect* to the schema I
> > want the view created in, where
> > running create view try1 as select * from test1.try1;
> > returns ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "."
> > How can I get the view in the test2 schema to reference the table in
> > schema test1?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Mark
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