From 34246d8d25c0fc322af795a67eb44c0ede9bd983 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dennis Reimann <mail@dennisreimann.de>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 16:05:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add info about plugin db schemas

---
 README.md | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8bf88e5..3199bd5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ Then, inside `psql` you can select a database and interact with the tables:
 \c btcpayservermainnet
 
 # list tables
-\dt+
+\dt
 
 # list users
 SELECT "Id", "Email" FROM "AspNetUsers";
@@ -576,3 +576,20 @@ SELECT "Id", "Email" FROM "AspNetUsers";
 # end session
 \q
 ```
+
+The main BTCPay Server database tables are part of the `public` schema.
+Plugins have their own schema, named after the plugin.
+
+By default, only the tables of the `public` schema are shown.
+If you want to also see and select the plugin tables, you need to extend the search path:
+
+```bash
+# list plugin schemas
+SELECT * FROM pg_catalog.pg_namespace WHERE nspname LIKE 'BTCPayServer.%';
+
+# extend search path
+SET search_path TO "BTCPayServer.Plugins.MyPlugin", public;
+
+# table list now also shows the MyPlugin tables
+\dt
+```