Re: pg_settings view

From: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_settings view
Date: 2002-08-11 01:14:07
Message-ID: 3D55BA5F.9080206@joeconway.com
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> writes:
>>The attached patch takes advantage of this, moving
>>show_all_settings() from contrib/tablefunc into the backend (renamed
>>all_settings().
> That change of name seems like a step backwards to me; it's not more
> intuitive, and it does seem more likely to conflict with user functions.
>
> Actually, if this is going to be primarily a support function for a
> view, I wonder if it should be pg_show_all_settings.

I agree. Here's a new patch.

For a similar reason I was thinking that only the system view should be
documented, not the function. Is that the right thing to do?

Joe

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