| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(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 18:36:14 |
| Message-ID: | ZTgOnpx_FQx-aF5g@momjian.us |
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On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 02:05:53PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> 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.
Agreed, updated patch attached.
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