Re: BUG #18964: `ALTER DATABASE ... RESET ...` fails to reset extension parameters that no longer exist

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, mert(at)futo(dot)org, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #18964: `ALTER DATABASE ... RESET ...` fails to reset extension parameters that no longer exist
Date: 2025-07-24 16:30:49
Message-ID: aIJfucaqjZ3gh-xj@nathan
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On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 04:27:24AM +0200, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> I tested your patch, and it works as expected for

Thanks for reviewing.

> There is still one piece missing in my opinion:
>
> ALTER SYSTEM RESET testext.swap_limit;
> ERROR: invalid configuration parameter name "testext.swap_limit"
> DETAIL: "testext" is a reserved prefix.
>
> I think that this case should work like the others.

Good catch. This should be fixed in v3.

> I'd like to see regression tests for this, but I am not sure how
> to best devise them.
> One idea would be to stick them into the regression tests of some
> contrib module, even though it is not the perfect place.

Added in v3.

--
nathan

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