Re: let's make the list of reportable GUCs configurable (was Re: Add %r substitution for psql prompts to show recovery status)

On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 at 16:41, Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net> wrote:

> On 10/11/19 4:30 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
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> > But, if it does need to be changed, it seems like a terrible idea to
> > allow it to be done via SQL. Otherwise, the user can break the driver
> > by using SQL to set the list to something that the driver's not
> > expecting, and there's nothing the driver can do to prevent it.
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> ... unless there is something like a (perhaps more generally useful)
> BECAUSE I HAVE :cookie AND I SAY SO clause.[1]
>

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure nothing in the protocol
currently would allow this

While I see the utility at least for connection pools this does seem to be
scope creep at the moment

Dave

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