Re: [PATCH] Add two-arg for of current_setting(NAME, FALLBACK)

From: David Christensen <david(at)endpoint(dot)com>
To: Nico Williams <nico(at)cryptonector(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add two-arg for of current_setting(NAME, FALLBACK)
Date: 2017-11-01 18:27:06
Message-ID: A68856AF-3332-45E4-B380-084FD54945DB@endpoint.com
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> On Nov 1, 2017, at 1:02 PM, Nico Williams <nico(at)cryptonector(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 05:41:02PM -0500, David Christensen wrote:
>> The two-arg form of the current_setting() function will allow a
>> fallback value to be returned instead of throwing an error when an
>> unknown GUC is provided. This would come in most useful when using
>> custom GUCs; e.g.:
>
> There already _is_ a two-argument form of current_setting() that yours
> somewhat conflicts with:
>
> current_setting(setting_name [, missing_ok ])
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-admin.html

Apologies; I have no idea how this email got re-sent, but it is quite old and a mistake.

David
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