On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Sawada Masahiko <sawada.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Taking a look at PostgreSQL HEAD today, I noticed that currently > PostgreSQL allows "of" value as bool type value. > So user can execute the following SQL. > > =# SET enbale_seqscan TO of; > > And I read the source code related to parsing bool value. > It compare TWO characters "off" and the setting value in > parse_bool_with_len() function. > Should we deny the "of" value as bool type value?
When I checked the manual for values of bool types, it says as follows: " Boolean values can be written as on, off, true, false, yes, no, 1, 0 (all case-insensitive) or any unambiguous prefix of these." Now "of" can be considered as unambiguous prefix of "off", so it might be intentional. Please refer below link for more detailed description: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/config-setting.html#CONFIG-SETTING-NAMES-VALUES With Regards, Amit Kapila. EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
