Re: unix_socket_directory

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: unix_socket_directory
Date: 2004-12-20 18:37:33
Message-ID: 26544.1103567853@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com> writes:
>> Some GUC parameters are integers, boolean, or floats, that don't need
>> quotes, and some are strings that do.

> What confused me was the constants that don't need quotes (like
> client_min_messages) and can be set to many different string constants.
> But they're all still constants, not vars.

More to the point, the values that are allowed for them look like
identifiers. I believe it was the slashes in your unix_socket_directory
value that force the need for quotes.

regards, tom lane

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