Re: A bad behavior under autocommit off mode

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Barry Lind <blind(at)xythos(dot)com>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: A bad behavior under autocommit off mode
Date: 2003-03-26 22:45:14
Message-ID: 200303262245.h2QMjET06851@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > How about sending an INFO or special taged message to the client when
> > there is a GUC change, and have report_changes as a GUC variable that
> > controls it?
>
> Having such a variable would break the client libraries that need the
> information. They won't stop needing the info just because some DBA
> thinks it's a good idea to save a few bytes of bandwidth ...

You could configure it so once it is set by the client, only the client
can change it, meaning it doesn't read from postgresql.conf.

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