Karl Nack <karlnack(at)futurityinc(dot)com> writes:
> Is there any reason I shouldn't simply set my server default to 'SQL, MDY'
> instead of specifying it at connection time (or per database/user)?
If that's what all your applications want, go for it. pg_dump, and
other applications that really care, are supposed to set it for
themselves instead of assuming the default is what they want.
regards, tom lane