On 2013-09-18 11:55:24 +0530, Amit Kapila wrote: > > I think that ship has long since sailed. postgresql.conf has allowed > > foo.bar style GUCs via custom_variable_classes for a long time, and > > these days we don't even require that but allow them generally. Also, > > SET, postgres -c, and SELECT set_config() already don't have the > > restriction to one dot in the variable name. > > It's even explained in document that a two-part name is allowed for > Customized Options at link: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/runtime-config-custom.html
Oh I somehow missed that. I'll need to patch that as well. > Apart from this, quite a few negative tests (setting invalid names) > also works fine (select pg_reload_conf() shows error on server). > On a side note, although it doesn't have any relation with your patch, > I found some minor problems in setting of configuration during test of > this patch, so I am mentioning it here. I will look into these in > detail later: Most of those have been discussed in another subthread. While I still am not sure that I agree, the concensus was that we shouldn't do anything about that for now. > > Test-1 > postgres=# select set_config('a.b.1.c','c',false); > set_config > ------------ > c > (1 row) > > postgres=# show a.b.1.c; > ERROR: syntax error at or near ".1" > LINE 1: show a.b.1.c; You can show it with a.b."1".c, but those can't be set via guc-file.l. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers