Re: BUG #14578: Tables with same name in different schema are not shown with \dt

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br>
Cc: francois(at)teksol(dot)info, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #14578: Tables with same name in different schema are not shown with \dt
Date: 2017-03-04 15:17:44
Message-ID: 20300.1488640664@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br> writes:
> On 04-03-2017 11:51, francois(at)teksol(dot)info wrote:
>> In my schema, I happen to have two tables in different schemas with the same
>> name. PG supports that no problem, but when I listed the tables using \dt
>> and the search path set to both schemas, I expected to see the two tables.
>> Sadly, that wasn't the case.

> It is not a bug. It is a documented behavior [1].

Indeed. See the last discussion of this,
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20170208113300.1411.83851%40wrigleys.postgresql.org

An approximation to what you want can be had with "\dt *.tablename"
or perhaps "\dt *.*".

regards, tom lane

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