Re: How about a psql backslash command to show GUCs?

Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org>

From: "Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org>
To: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com>
Date: 2022-04-07T15:39:03Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 4/7/22 11:10 AM, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 7:56 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us 
> <mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>> wrote:
> 
>     "Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org
>     <mailto:jkatz@postgresql.org>> writes:
> 
>      > Maybe to appeal to all crowds, we say "list configuration parameters
>      > (GUCs)"?
> 
>     I'm in the camp that says that GUC is not an acronym we wish to expose
>     to end users.
> 
> 
> I am too.

WFM.

Jonathan

Commits

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  1. Be more careful about GucSource for internally-driven GUC settings.

  2. Fix case sensitivity in psql's tab completion for GUC names.

  3. Further tweak the default behavior of psql's \dconfig.

  4. Tweak the default behavior of psql's \dconfig.

  5. psql: add \dconfig command to show server's configuration parameters.

  6. Allow granting SET and ALTER SYSTEM privileges on GUC parameters.