Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > Yeah. custom_variable_classes is a pretty annoying wart, but if it's > set to the default value (namely, empty) then it actually does prevent > people from setting bajillions of completely pointless settings, which > seems like it has some merit. I'm not sure it has enough merit to > justify keeping it around, but it has more than none. We could allow > entering a date of February 31st, too, but we don't.
Well, that argument was essentially why we put it in to begin with. But I think pretty much everybody agrees that it's more trouble than it's worth (in fact, weren't you one of the people complaining about it?) 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