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current_schema

Read the PG 18 manual

Returns the name of the schema that is first in the search path (or a null value if the search path is empty).

Reading PG 18current·documented in 25 of 27 versions, 7.3 to 20

Signatures & examples

current_schema → name
Returns the name of the schema that is first in the search path (or a null value if the search path is empty). This is the schema that will be used for any tables or other named objects that are created without specifying a target schema.
current_schema () → name
Returns the name of the schema that is first in the search path (or a null value if the search path is empty). This is the schema that will be used for any tables or other named objects that are created without specifying a target schema.
Version history 4
  1. 12 → 13 changed
  2. 8.3 → 8.4 changed
  3. 7.4 → 8.0 changed
  4. 7.2 → 7.3 added

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