Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > > Tom Lane wrote:
> > >> You know, it suddenly strikes me that this is going in largely the wrong
> > >> direction.
> >
> > > Right, the problem particularly is with the -1/special values that don't
> > > have a real unit.
> >
> > I don't object to what you did to postgresql.conf.sample, but I think
> > you should revert the changes to the descriptions in guc.c.
>
> Agreed; attached patch applied.
However, keep in mind that units are _not_ displayed for zero values:
test=> show statement_timeout;
statement_timeout
-------------------
0
(1 row)
test=> set statement_timeout = 100;
SET
test=> show statement_timeout;
statement_timeout
-------------------
100ms
(1 row)
because of this test in guc.c:
else if (use_units && result > 0 &&
(record->flags & GUC_UNIT_TIME))
pg_settings does show the units. Changing this to display the units
might be odd since many zero values mean 'disabled'.
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