CURRENT_SCHEMA - Amazon Redshift

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CURRENT_SCHEMA

Returns the name of the schema at the front of the search path. This schema will be used for any tables or other named objects that are created without specifying a target schema.

Syntax

Note

This is a leader-node function. This function returns an error if it references a user-created table, an STL or STV system table, or an SVV or SVL system view.

current_schema()

Return type

CURRENT_SCHEMA returns a CHAR or VARCHAR string.

Examples

The following query returns the current schema:

select current_schema(); current_schema ---------------- public (1 row)