Re: 'value' has special behaviour in alter system

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
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: 2023-10-31 14:21:50
Message-ID: ZUENfhZ_6MyvA_6c@momjian.us
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On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 02:36:14PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 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.

Patch applied to all supported versions.

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