Re: some questions : psql

Hello

> 1- is it possible to set a default schema ?
> i tried : set DEFAULT SCHEMA base1; but it didn't worked

SET search_path to base1;"

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> 2- is it possible to have one file with global values and to use them when creating functions.
> one example is : i have a temporary directory, and several functions need to access this folder, so is it possible to pass the path as with Oracle
> DEFINE TempDirectory = /home/....
> @createMDNS.sql &TempDirectory

Yes. You can use commands and variables psql.

\set TempDirectory /home/... -- in file global.sql
\i global.sql

SELECT somefce(:TempDirectory)

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more on http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/app-psql.html

> 3- my psql script create 2 tablespaces, an user, the database, 1 schema and the tables and functions
> but when i launch pgadmin, i see my new user, the tablespace and the database, but I don't see the schema and in consequence the tables and functions.
> but all have been created because i can ask tables, but they don't appear and i don't know why...;
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I don't know. I don't use pgadmin

Regards
Pavel Stehule