On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 2:56 PM Kyotaro Horiguchi
<horikyota.ntt@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I noticed that there are slightly inconsistent messages regarding
> quoting policies.
>
> > This happens if you temporarily set "wal_level=minimal" on the server.
> > WAL generated with "full_page_writes=off" was replayed during online backup
>
> > pg_log_standby_snapshot() can only be used if "wal_level" >= "replica"
>
> > WAL streaming ("max_wal_senders" > 0) requires "wal_level" to be "replica" or "logical"
>
> I think it's best to quote variable names and values separately, like
> "wal_level" = "minimal" (but not use quotes for numeric values), as it
> seems to be the most common practice. Anyway, we might want to unify
> them.
>
>
> Likewise, I saw two different versions of values with units.
>
> > "max_stack_depth" must not exceed %ldkB.
> > "vacuum_buffer_usage_limit" must be 0 or between %d kB and %d kB
>
> I'm not sure, but it seems like the latter version is more common.
>
> regards.
>
Hi,
I think it might be better to keep all the discussions about GUC
quoting and related topics like this confined to the main thread here
[1]. Otherwise, we might end up with a bunch of competing patches.
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[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAHut%2BPv-kSN8SkxSdoHano_wPubqcg5789ejhCDZAcLFceBR-w%40mail.gmail.com
Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia
