Invalid user-level setting = confusing error message - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Thom Brown
Subject Invalid user-level setting = confusing error message
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Msg-id CAA-aLv7b9EAiyftyw-iV6PSZFkuV4Yjui1Zirod+XSfnXyOj3w@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: Invalid user-level setting = confusing error message
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Hi,

At the moment, if we try to set up a configuration parameter for a
user which doesn't make sense in that context, we get an error message
that doesn't really tell us that we're not allowed to set it for
users:

# ALTER ROLE moo SET log_line_prefix = '%s';
ERROR:  parameter "log_line_prefix" cannot be changed now

Might I propose an alternative error message for user-level
configuration changes that target parameters of level sighup and
above?

Perhaps something like:

ERROR: parameter "log_line_prefix" cannot be set at the user level.

Thom



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