Tom Lane wrote: > The only alternative that comes to mind is > to have initdb issue an additional SQL command to establish the default > after the bootstrap phase; that is, something like > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION > pg_start_backup(label text, fast boolean DEFAULT false) > RETURNS text LANGUAGE internal STRICT AS 'start_backup'; > > in system_views.sql or some such place.
I think it's worth having this, perhaps as a new SQL file to be called by initdb. I'm sure we can come up with new system functions for which it's going to be useful to have default values. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers