How does the search_path influence identifier resolution and the “current schema”

Question

Is it possible to define in which schema new tables get created by default? (Referred by \"unqualified table names\".)

I\'ve seen some details about using the \"sear

Answer 1

Search path is indeed what you want:

% create schema blarg;
% set search_path to blarg;
% create table foo (id int);
% \d
       List of relations
 Schema | Name | Type  | Owner 
--------+------+-------+-------
 blarg  | foo  | table | pgsql