The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 2542
Logged by: David Fetter
Email address: david@fetter.org
PostgreSQL version: All
Operating system: All
Description: ALTER USER foo SET bar = func(baz) errors out
Details:
foo=> ALTER USER foo SET search_path = current_setting('search_path');
ERROR: syntax error at or near "(" at character 52
LINE 1: ...LTER USER foo SET search_path = current_setting('search_p...
is there some way to let the right hand side of SET be the (TEXT) output of
a function?