"Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> My vote is to reject the patch and work on a config checker.
>
> +1
>
>> postgres=# set work_mem = '1g';
>> ERROR: invalid value for parameter "work_mem": "1g"
>
> Perhaps this would be a great place for a HINT listing all
> valid inputs, if not there already?
It is, I paraphrased it on my original message as:
HINT: It's perfectly clear what you want but I'm going to refuse to do
it until you type it exactly as I say: "GB"
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