Re: timeout implementation issues

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>, Jessica Perry Hekman <jphekman(at)dynamicdiagrams(dot)com>, Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>, Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Barry Lind <barry(at)xythos(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: timeout implementation issues
Date: 2002-04-09 13:20:22
Message-ID: 28457.1018358422@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz> writes:
> It's good point. Why not make it more transparent? You want
> encapsulate it to standard and current SET statement, but if it's
> something different why not use for it different statement?

> SET SESSION search_path TO 'something';

But a plain SET is also setting the value for the session. What's
the difference? Why should a user remember that he must use this
syntax for search_path, and not for any other variables (or perhaps
only one or two other ones, further down the road)?

regards, tom lane

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