Re: BUG #18336: Inconsistency in PostgreSQL 16 Documentation for SHOW Command

On Wed, 2024-02-07 at 08:49 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 07.02.24 05:01, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> > On Wed, 2024-02-07 at 02:25 +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> > > In the PostgreSQL 16 release notes, there is an entry stating that the
> > > read-only server variables lc_collate and lc_ctype have been removed.
> > > However, the documentation for the SHOW command on the PostgreSQL official
> > > website (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-show.html) still lists
> > > lc_collate and lc_ctype as valid variables.
> >
> > Right; here is a patch for that.
>
> I think the whole list of read-only options on the SHOW reference page
> is redundant and incomplete. A more complete list is at <sect1
> id="runtime-config-preset"> in config.sgml. This includes
> server_version and server_encoding, but not is_superuser. Maybe that's
> an omission? I think we should get rid of the list on the SHOW
> reference page.

That is much better; here is a patch.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe