Re: searchpath reverts to default after each server restart

alter database "MYDATABASE" SET search_path TO custom, clientdata, configs,
replication, structure, archive;
that seems to fix it.
Thank you!

-----Original Message-----
From: Merlin Moncure [mailto:mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:40 PM
To: Jonathan Brinkman
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] searchpath reverts to default after each server
restart

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Jonathan Brinkman
<jonathanbrinkman(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> When i run the command
> SET search_path TO custom,idsystems, clientdata, configs, replication,
> structure, archive;
> then when I run
> SHOW search_path;
> it does show those schemas as the search_path. however when i restart the
> postgresql service, the search_path has reverted to $User, public.
> when i put the SET search_path function in the postgresql.conf file (as
> below) the service wouldn't restart. i think because it doesn't like the
> "public" schema (which i don't use).
>
>
> #[postgresql.conf file:]
> # the postgresql service wouldn't start with this setting.
>
>
> # CLIENT CONNECTION DEFAULTS
>
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
>
> # - Statement Behavior -
>
> search_path =
> custom,idsystems,clientdata,configs,replication,structure,archive,public;

the path needs to be single quoted.

merlin