Re: custom_variable_classes in 9.1

Ok' ve got it, I've found some comment from Tom Lane on that:

"The whole custom-variable thing is being abused far beyond what the
facility was intended for, anyway. Rather than allowing variables to
spring into existence like magic, what we should have is some facility
for letting session-local variables be *declared*, complete with type
(int/real/string) and other info as needed. See the archives --- this
was discussed not too long ago."

Does anyone know if that has been accomplished in any way ?

As to login script, I can just do ALTER ROLE xxx SET name.value = 'unset'
which is all I've been asking for.

pozdrowienia
mk

2012/2/29 Marcin Krawczyk <jankes(dot)mk(at)gmail(dot)com>

> Hi list,
>
> I'm using some global variables through custom_variable_classes facility.
> I've recently switched from 8.1 to 9.1
> and somewhere along the line the behavior of custom_variable_classes has
> changed - if the variable has not been set
> for a given session invoking it (SELECT current_setting('name.variable'))
> throws and error whereas it used to return 'unset' value.
> Is there a way to control this behavior or maybe call it in a different
> way without an error ?
>
> If not I'll have to think of setting this at each session start, which in
> turn has me asking: is there a way to call an SQL script
> at each user login ?
>
> pozdrowienia
> mk
>