Re: ALTER ROLE SET search_path produced by pg_dumpall gives : ERROR: syntax error at or near "$" .

On 07/30/2018 05:57 AM, Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> This is with PostgreSQL 10.4.
> How to reproduce :
> postgres(at)smadev:~% psql
> psql (10.4)
> Type "help" for help.
>
> Alter the role for search path :
> dynacom=# ALTER ROLE amura3 SET search_path TO "$user", amuragents, public;
> ALTER ROLE
> dynacom=#
>
> Verify :
> postgres(at)smadev:~% psql -U amura3
> Password for user amura3:
> psql (10.4)
> Type "help" for help.
>
> dynacom=> show search_path ;
>         search_path
> ---------------------------
>  $user, amuragents, public
> (1 row)
>
> dynacom=>
>
> pg_dumpall's output :
> ALTER ROLE amura3 SET search_path TO $user, amuragents, public;
>
> psql -f pg_dumpall_out.sql :
> dynacom=# ALTER ROLE amura3 SET search_path TO $user, amuragents, public;
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "$"

Well the above does not have $user double quoted. Was that hand entered
or was that like that in the pg_dumpall_out.sql file?

>
> Is this a bug or am I missing something ?

I could not replicate:

create role sp_test;

alter role sp_test SET search_path TO "$user", public;

pg_dumpall -g -U postgres > sp_test.sql

In sp_test.sql

CREATE ROLE sp_test;

ALTER ROLE sp_test SET search_path TO "$user", public;

drop role sp_test ;

psql -d test -U postgres -f sp_test.sql

\du

sp_test | Cannot login
| {}

\drds
List of settings
Role | Database | Settings
---------+----------+-----------------------------
sp_test | | search_path="$user", public

>

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Adrian Klaver
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