Re: Eurodates by default - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Eurodates by default
Date
Msg-id 29748.1016557155@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Eurodates by default  (Yury Bokhoncovich <byg@center-f1.ru>)
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Yury Bokhoncovich <byg@center-f1.ru> writes:
> The patch adds a configure option which enables using eurodates in PgSQL
> by default (i.e. as if -e option of backend was given).
> The patch allows to get rid unconvenient -o'e' option for postmaster.

This strikes me as *entirely* the wrong approach.  A configure option
is very unwieldy (what of people who want to use RPM packages?).

Instead of wiring in the behavior at configure time, why not set up
a GUC variable?

            regards, tom lane

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