Re: GUC time unit spelling a bit inconsistent

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: GUC time unit spelling a bit inconsistent
Date: 2007-06-18 16:38:55
Message-ID: 200706181838.57587.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Montag, 18. Juni 2007 16:16 schrieb Tom Lane:
> It seems that time-based GUC variables can be spelled like
>         1h      but not         1hr
>         1min    but not         1m
>         1s      but not         1sec

The left columns are the standard units. The right columns are just randomly
made up AFAICT. If we allow that, what's someone to stop from making up
their own set?

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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