Re: unix_socket_directory

Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 16:18, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com> writes:
> > >> Not sure, but I think you need quotes:
> > >> unix_socket_directory = '/home/pgmaster/tmp'
> >
> > > Wow, that was way too simple.
> >
> > > So, is there a reason some things in the postgresql.conf file need '
> > > marks around them and other things, like client_min_messages don't?
> >
> > I think the rule is anything but a number or identifier needs quotes,
> > but I'm too lazy to go check.
>
> That's what I figured, and I too, am too lazy to go look.

Some GUC parameters are integers, boolean, or floats, that don't need
quotes, and some are strings that do.

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