Re: GUC with units, details

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Jim Nasby <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: GUC with units, details
Date: 2006-07-28 14:11:32
Message-ID: 20206.1154095892@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> If that actually worked, it'd be one thing, but it doesn't work and
>> isn't going to do so in 8.2. So I think people will indeed be trying
>> to use setting || unit for display purposes. In any case "8kB" isn't
>> a valid unit.

> I thought we set SHOW ALL aside for display purposes and pg_settings for
> processing purposes?

Right, but it's difficult to get at the result of SHOW from SQL.

regards, tom lane

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