Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> writes: > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> We have several things already that can be fed either from an >> environment variable or an option in the connection string. >> Is there any compelling reason why those two mechanisms aren't >> adequate for this?
> Err, yes - see above. And didn't you also say it was essential to be > able to change it after the initial connection (for which the GUC > seems like the obvious solution)? Sure. I'm envisioning that what the env variable or connection option actually does is cause libpq to include a SET command for a GUC variable in the initial connection request packet. Compare, say, PGCLIENTENCODING -> client_encoding. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers