[postgis-users] Install postgis on a different schema

[P Kishor]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:56 PM, MarkW <mark.wimer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 3:13 PM, P Kishor <punk.kish at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Leo,
>>
>> Many thanks for your clear replies. One follow-up question --
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Paragon Corporation <lr at pcorp.us> wrote:
>> ..
>> > --
>> > d. The notes above refer to setting the search_path and the
>> > session_path.
>> > Where is that done?
>> >
>> > You can do it in postgresql.conf or at the database level.  The database
>> > level is better I think
>> >
>> > ALTER DATABASE mydb SET search_path = public, shared
>> >
>> >
>> > The above will have it set for good, except if you restore a db, you
>> > need to
>> > remember to rerun the above command.
>> >
>>
>>
>> In the above note, should I be setting the search_path to the
>> different project schemas as well, and not just 'public' and 'shared'?
>> So, if I have the following schemas in mydb, 'public', 'shared',
>> 'project1', 'project2' then the above command really should be
>>
>> ALTER DATABASE mydb SET search_path = public, shared, project1, project2;
>>
>> And, if I add another schema, 'project3', a few months later, then I run
>>
>> ALTER DATABASE mydb SET search_path = public, shared, project1,
>> project2, project3;
>>
>> Correct?
>>
>> By the way, what is that search_path doing? What is it for? And, why
>> don't I have to set it if I have only a 'public' schema? Is that
>> because by default, a public schema doesn't need an explicit search
>> path?
>>
>> Puneet.
>>
>
> If I could add another question to this thread since it's related to the
> PostGIS schema. I am moving to this "Project1"  schema approach in prep for
> an upgrade and to keep the data in separate schema in the future. If  my
> Project1 schema is dumped/backed up, then put back/restored after an upgrade
> of PostgreSQL/PostGIS, what's the best way to restore information in the
> Geometry_Columns table; should that be saved, or should I be using a
> function to re-populate the Geometry_Columns table?
>

I am not sure what you are asking above. If you backup Project1
schema, then restore it in another db, the_geom columns will all come
back. After all, backup will back up all the tables in that schema,
and restore will restore them. A table is a table, doesn't matter what
kind of columns it holds.

Maybe I misunderstood your concern.



> Mark


>



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