Is it possible to specify the schema when connecting to postgres with JDBC?

As of version 9.4, you can use the currentSchema parameter in your connection string.

For example:

jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/mydatabase?currentSchema=myschema

I don't believe there is a way to specify the schema in the connection string. It appears you have to execute

set search_path to 'schema'

after the connection is made to specify the schema.

I know this was answered already, but I just ran into the same issue trying to specify the schema to use for the liquibase command line.

Update As of JDBC v9.4 you can specify the url with the new currentSchema parameter like so:

jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/mydatabase?currentSchema=myschema

Appears based on an earlier patch:

http://web.archive.org/web/20141025044151/http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Patch-to-allow-setting-schema-search-path-in-the-connectionURL-td2174512.html

Which proposed url's like so:

jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/mydatabase?searchpath=myschema

If it is possible in your environment, you could also set the user's default schema to your desired schema:

ALTER USER user_name SET search_path to 'schema'