Re: How to I select value of GUC that has - in its name?

On 09/02/2021 14:40, hubert depesz lubaczewski wrote:
> Hi,
> question from IRC, but I couldn't find an answer.
>
> I can set custom guc with - in name, but I can't figure out how to
> select it.
>
> Without minus, it works great:
>
> =$ psql -X -c 'show custom.guc'
> ERROR: unrecognized configuration parameter "custom.guc"
>
> =$ psql -X -c "alter user depesz set custom.guc = '123'"
> ALTER ROLE
>
> =$ psql -X -c 'show custom.guc'
> custom.guc
> ------------
> 123
> (1 row)
>
> If I'd try to set variable with - in name:
>
> $ alter user depesz set custom.bad-guc = '1a';
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "-"
> LINE 1: alter user depesz set custom.bad-guc = '1a';

Have you tried enclosing "bad-guc" in double quotes?

Eddy