CREATE ROLE thing_accessor;
CREATE ROLE
CREATE SCHEMA thing_accessor;
CREATE SCHEMA
covermything=> ALTER ROLE thing_accessor SET search_path=thing_accessor;
ALTER ROLE
covermything=# SET ROLE thing_accessor;
SET
covermything=> SHOW search_path;
search_path
-----------------
"$user", public
(1 row)
This seems to contradict all the advice I can find about setting the schema
search path.