I have a postgres database with multiple schemas. When I connect to the database from a shell with psql and I run \dt it uses the default connection schema which is public. Is there a flag I can specify or how can I change the schema?
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Best Answer
In PostgreSQL the system determines which table is meant by following a search path, which is a list of schemas to look in.
The first matching table in the search path is taken to be the one wanted, otherwise, if there is no match a error is raised, even if matching table names exist in other schemas in the database.
To show the current search path you can use the following command:
And to put the new schema in the path, you could use:
Or if you want multiple schemas:
Reference: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/ddl-schemas.html