Re: set datestyle - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: set datestyle
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Msg-id 13140.991066452@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to set datestyle  ("mike" <matrix@quadrent.net>)
List pgsql-general
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Ideally yes, but they're "special cases" by virtue of behaving specially.
> AFAIR, the behaviour couldn't be fitted in exactly, but maybe with the
> "assign hook" it would work.

Even if these variables can't easily be made table-driven,
it seems like the code in SetPGVariable should be removed and folded
into set_config_option, so that the special-case variable names are
recognized in more cases than just SET.

            regards, tom lane

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