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<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.36.2.7 2006/11/04 18:20:40 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.36.2.8 2007/04/20 02:38:04 tgl Exp $
-->
<chapter Id="runtime-config">
<title>Server Configuration</title>
@@ -3103,9 +3103,17 @@ SELECT * FROM parent WHERE key = 2400;
mentioned in the path then it will be searched in the specified
order. If <literal>pg_catalog</> is not in the path then it will
be searched <emphasis>before</> searching any of the path items.
- It should also be noted that the temporary-table schema,
- <literal>pg_temp_<replaceable>nnn</></>, is implicitly searched before any of
- these.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Likewise, the current session's temporary-table schema,
+ <literal>pg_temp_<replaceable>nnn</></>, is always searched if it
+ exists. It can be explicitly listed in the path by using the
+ alias <literal>pg_temp</>. If it is not listed in the path then
+ it is searched first (before even <literal>pg_catalog</>). However,
+ the temporary schema is only searched for relation (table, view,
+ sequence, etc) and data type names. It will never be searched for
+ function or operator names.
</para>
<para>