Re: GUC vs variable.c (was Patches applied...)

From: Thomas Lockhart <thomas(at)fourpalms(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: GUC vs variable.c (was Patches applied...)
Date: 2002-04-21 22:32:30
Message-ID: 3CC33DFE.4E8BB9D1@fourpalms.org
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-committers pgsql-hackers

...
> Ah, but we *have* that ability right now; see Peter's recent changes
> to support per-database and per-user GUC settings. The functionality
> available for handling GUC-ified variables is now so far superior to
> plain SET that it's really foolish to consider having any parameters
> that are outside GUC control.

istm that with the recent discussion of transaction-fying SET variables
that table-fying some settable parameters may be appropriate. Leave out
the "foolish" from the discussion please ;)

- Thomas

In response to

Browse pgsql-committers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Thomas Lockhart 2002-04-21 23:22:40 Re: GUC vs variable.c (was Patches applied...)
Previous Message Tom Lane 2002-04-21 22:16:51 Re: GUC vs variable.c (was Patches applied...)

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Joe Conway 2002-04-21 22:35:47 Re: Patches applied; initdb time!
Previous Message Tom Lane 2002-04-21 22:16:51 Re: GUC vs variable.c (was Patches applied...)