Doh ! Thanks for the insight. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 9/29/2004 8:40 AM To: Gregory S. Williamson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Setting search paths inside a function (plpgsql) "Gregory S. Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > RAISE NOTICE ''doing name search for fips %'',p_fips; > env_str := ''SET search_path TO f'' || p_fips || '',public''; > EXECUTE env_str; > RAISE NOTICE ''did exec of <%>'',env_str; > FOR retrec IN > SELECT o.gid,o.s_fips_cou,o.s_zip,o.s_ownername > FROM parcel_owners o, parcel_owner_fti f > WHERE f.string = p_srchstr AND f.id = o.orig_id ORDER BY 2,3,4 > LOOP
You'd have to use FOR-IN-EXECUTE to make this work the way you are expecting. As is, the plan for the SELECT is generated and cached the first time through, and in the process the table references are bound to specific tables in specific schemas. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]