Re: SHOW, RESET require quotes, SET doesn't

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SHOW, RESET require quotes, SET doesn't
Date: 2005-08-24 04:49:15
Message-ID: 21284.1124858955@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> writes:
> I see in gram.y that SHOW and RESET take a ColId but SET takes a
> var_name, which is ColId or var_name.ColId. Is there a reason for
> the inconsistency or is it just an oversight?

Offhand it looks like the custom-variable patch missed dealing
with SHOW and RESET ... that patch was a few bricks shy of a load
in other ways too ...

regards, tom lane

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