On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 10:38:56AM -0600, Justin Pryzby wrote: > On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 09:34:10AM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote: >> To that end- perhaps this isn't appropriate as a GUC at all? Why not >> have this just be a system information function? Functionally it really >> provides the same info- if the server is running then you get back >> either true or false, if it's not then you can't call it but that's >> hardly different from an unknown or error result. > > We talked about making it a function ~6 weeks ago. > > Is there an agreement to use a function, instead ?
If we're tallying votes, please count me as +1 for a system information function. I think that nicely sidesteps having to return "unknown" in some cases, which I worry will just cause confusion. IMHO it is much more obvious that the value refers to the current server if you have to log in and execute a function to see it. -- Nathan Bossart Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com
