Re: PL/SQL & unset custom variable - Mailing list pgsql-general

Gordon Ross <gr306@ucs.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> Sorry, no joy :-(

> grails=> SELECT current_setting('phone.id');
> ERROR:  unrecognized configuration parameter "phone.id"

> grails=> SELECT coalesce(current_setting('phone.id'),'SYSTEM');
> ERROR:  unrecognized configuration parameter "phone.id"

You could use a SELECT from pg_settings to probe for the value
of the parameter without getting an error.

            regards, tom lane