Re: 'value' has special behaviour in alter system

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, splarv(at)ya(dot)ru, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 'value' has special behaviour in alter system
Date: 2023-10-24 18:05:53
Message-ID: 831891.1698170753@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> I have developed the attached patch to document this.

This seems a little imprecise:

+ Values with non-alphanumeric characters must be quoted.

I think accurate is more like "Values that are neither a number
nor a valid identifier must be quoted."

Also, that para already mentions that the input can be a
comma-separated list when appropriate, so your add-on para seems
partially repetitive. I think you could just drop the first
sentence of it.

regards, tom lane

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