Re: document pg_settings view doesn't display custom options
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: John Naylor <john.naylor@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>,
pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-10-30T16:07:11Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
John Naylor <john.naylor@enterprisedb.com> writes: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 11:51 PM Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com> > wrote: >> Also I think this note should be in the different paragraph from the >> paragraph >> of "The pg_settings view cannot be inserted into or deleted from...." >> because >> they are different topics. Thought? > Agreed on both points. In a separate paragraph, I think it's awkward to > start two consecutive sentences with "The pg_settings view". If we put it > in the previous paragraph we could phrase it like this: > "See Section 20.1 for more information about the various ways to change > these parameters. Customized options are not displayed until the > extension module that defines them has been loaded. That just moves the subject-inconsistency to a different para :-( I think this item should be its own new para. As for the repetitiveness, we could just say "This view ...", in one or even both paras. regards, tom lane
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doc: Add note about pg_settings and customized options into catalogs.sgml.
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