Re: TODO item: Allow more complex user/database default GUC settings

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Right, that works. Updated patch attached; should solve the issues
> raised in the thread. I renamed the catalog pg_db_role_setting as
> suggested by Tom.
> ...
> I have also added a view, whose only purpose is to convert the role and
> database OIDs into names. It's been named pg_db_role_settings, but if
> anyone has a better suggestion I'm all ears.

I dislike the idea of having a catalog and a view whose names are the
same except for a plural. It's confusing as heck, because no one will
remember which is which.

Since pg_settings is the existing user view, I think pg_db_role_settings
is a reasonable choice for the new view, but then we need a different
name for the catalog. The only thing that comes to mind right now is
"pg_db_role_default", but I don't like it much. Anybody have other
suggestions?

regards, tom lane