Re: [HACKERS] Should enum GUCs be listed as such in config.sgml?

2008-11-21 Thread Magnus Hagander
Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: bruce wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Currently, config.sgml still describes the new enum GUC variables as being of type string --- but pg_settings says they are enum. This is not very consistent, but I wonder whether changing the docs would be

Re: [HACKERS] Should enum GUCs be listed as such in config.sgml?

2008-11-21 Thread Tom Lane
Magnus Hagander [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tom Lane wrote: Last I checked, Magnus had promised to come up with suitable documentation changes for this patch, but then he went off sailing... Meh, I seem to have forgotten this one again. Here's a suggestion, seems ok, or were you thinking about

Re: [HACKERS] Should enum GUCs be listed as such in config.sgml?

2008-11-21 Thread Magnus Hagander
Tom Lane wrote: Magnus Hagander [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tom Lane wrote: Last I checked, Magnus had promised to come up with suitable documentation changes for this patch, but then he went off sailing... Meh, I seem to have forgotten this one again. Here's a suggestion, seems ok, or were

Re: [HACKERS] Should enum GUCs be listed as such in config.sgml?

2008-08-25 Thread Magnus Hagander
Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: bruce wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Currently, config.sgml still describes the new enum GUC variables as being of type string --- but pg_settings says they are enum. This is not very consistent, but I wonder whether changing the docs would be

Re: [HACKERS] Should enum GUCs be listed as such in config.sgml?

2008-08-23 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: bruce wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Currently, config.sgml still describes the new enum GUC variables as being of type string --- but pg_settings says they are enum. This is not very consistent, but I wonder whether changing the docs would be more confusing

Re: [HACKERS] Should enum GUCs be listed as such in config.sgml?

2008-08-21 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Currently, config.sgml still describes the new enum GUC variables as being of type string --- but pg_settings says they are enum. This is not very consistent, but I wonder whether changing the docs would be more confusing or less so. I note that section 18.1 doesn't mention

Re: [HACKERS] Should enum GUCs be listed as such in config.sgml?

2008-08-21 Thread Bruce Momjian
bruce wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Currently, config.sgml still describes the new enum GUC variables as being of type string --- but pg_settings says they are enum. This is not very consistent, but I wonder whether changing the docs would be more confusing or less so. I note that section 18.1

Re: [HACKERS] Should enum GUCs be listed as such in config.sgml?

2008-07-02 Thread Magnus Hagander
Tom Lane wrote: Currently, config.sgml still describes the new enum GUC variables as being of type string --- but pg_settings says they are enum. This is not very consistent, but I wonder whether changing the docs would be more confusing or less so. I note that section 18.1 doesn't mention

[HACKERS] Should enum GUCs be listed as such in config.sgml?

2008-07-01 Thread Tom Lane
Currently, config.sgml still describes the new enum GUC variables as being of type string --- but pg_settings says they are enum. This is not very consistent, but I wonder whether changing the docs would be more confusing or less so. I note that section 18.1 doesn't mention the enum alternative