Re: export FUNC_MAX_ARGS as a read-only GUC variable (was:

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com>, Alex <alex(at)meerkatsoft(dot)com>, Lada 'Ray' Lostak <ray(at)unreal64(dot)net>, <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: export FUNC_MAX_ARGS as a read-only GUC variable (was:
Date: 2003-11-30 19:08:29
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0311302007030.11144-100000@peter.localdomain
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Tom Lane writes:

> One could make a good case that INDEX_MAX_KEYS should be exported along
> with FUNC_MAX_ARGS, rather than letting people write client code that
> assumes they are the same.

You can determine these values by looking into the system catalogs.

> I was intending to propose that we also export the following as
> read-only variables:
> * NAMEDATALEN

And this as well.

> * BLCKSZ

Why would anyone be interested in that?

> * integer-vs-float datetime flag

Here we should really decide on one representation in the near term.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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