Re: [patch] GUC source file and line number] - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua Drake
Subject Re: [patch] GUC source file and line number]
Date
Msg-id 20080903130746.2bcd103e@jd-laptop
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In response to Re: [patch] GUC source file and line number]  (Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>)
Responses Re: [patch] GUC source file and line number]  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:04:12 -0400 (EDT)
Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com> wrote:


> Section question:  with those changes, would it then be reasonable to
> you to keep that column named "default" instead of giving it a less
> common name?
> 
> > You are adopting a very narrow mindset, which seems to be that only
> > DBAs look at this view.
> 
> DBAs are the only group I am always getting questions in this area
> from. Everybody else seemed happy with the status quo, where the
> value wasn't exposed at all and you just looked in guc.c to see what
> it was.

I guess I would ask, "Who else would we be targeting this for?". DBAs
seem to be the only logical choice.

Joshua D. Drake
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