Re: Fwd: Re: proposal: schema variables

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-01-17T16:01:41Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-performance

Commits

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  1. Move WAL sequence code into its own file

  2. Add ExplainState argument to pg_plan_query() and planner().

  3. Don't include access/htup_details.h in executor/tuptable.h

  4. Refactor to avoid code duplication in transformPLAssignStmt.

  5. Avoid including commands/dbcommands.h in so many places

  6. Restrict psql meta-commands in plain-text dumps.

  7. Split func.sgml into more manageable pieces

  8. Fix squashing algorithm for query texts

  9. EXPLAIN: Always use two fractional digits for row counts.

  10. Preliminary refactoring of plpgsql expression construction.

  11. plpgsql: pure parser and reentrant scanner

  12. Add some sanity checks in executor for query ID reporting

  13. Fix misleading error message context

  14. Add macros for looping through a List without a ListCell.

On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 04:55:07PM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> pá 17. 1. 2025 v 16:35 odesílatel Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> napsal:
> 
>     So this feature would be like global GUC variables, with permission
>     control?
> 
> + types and domain type check - holds data in binary form - there are not
> conversions binary, text
> + it is declared - so less space for misuse is there. Custom GUC are absolutely
> tolerant
> + it is a fully database object, only owner can alter it,  and event triggers
> are supported, sinval
> + possibility to set mutability, default value

Okay, good summary.  Now, can people give feedback that they would want
this committed to PostgreSQL?

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