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RESET

Name

RESET -- restore the value of a run-time parameter to a default value

Synopsis

RESET variable
  
RESET ALL
  

Inputs

variable

The name of a run-time parameter. See SET for a list.

ALL

Resets all settable run-time parameters to default values.

Description

RESET restores run-time parameters to their default values. Refer to SET for details. RESET is an alternate spelling for

SET variable TO DEFAULT
   

The default value is defined as the value that the variable would have had, had no SET ever been issued for it in the current session. The actual source of this value might be a compiled-in default, the postmaster's configuration file or command-line switches, or per-database or per-user default settings. See the Administrator's Guide for details.

See the SET manual page for details on the transaction behavior of RESET.

Diagnostics

See under the SET command.

Examples

Set DateStyle to its default value:

RESET DateStyle;

Set geqo to its default value:

   
RESET GEQO;

Compatibility

RESET is a PostgreSQL extension.