Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com> writes:
>> Some GUC parameters are integers, boolean, or floats, that don't need
>> quotes, and some are strings that do.
> What confused me was the constants that don't need quotes (like
> client_min_messages) and can be set to many different string constants.
> But they're all still constants, not vars.
More to the point, the values that are allowed for them look like
identifiers. I believe it was the slashes in your unix_socket_directory
value that force the need for quotes.
regards, tom lane
