On Oct 20, 2024 at 04:12 +0800, David G. Johnston <david.g.johns...@gmail.com>, 
wrote:
>
> Mostly I'm pointing out the fact that one can never take the null value to be 
> the actual value of a setting.  In terms of current_setting this then 
> establishes the fact that the null value it may return is an error-handling 
> alternative only and not something to be relied upon as being an actual value 
> of the setting.

> -        Returns the current value of the+        Returns the current 
> non-null value of the         setting <parameter>setting_name</parameter>.  
> If there is no such         setting, <function>current_setting</function> 
> throws an error         unless <parameter>missing_ok</parameter> is supplied 
> and

Hi,

current_setting() could return NULL when missing_ok is passed, so is it right 
to say: Returns the current non-null value of the setting 
<parameter>setting_name</parameter>?
As the doc is for function of current_setting(), and it could return NULL 
actually.

gpadmin=# \pset null NULL
Null display is "NULL".
gpadmin=# select current_setting('pg_xmen', true);
 current_setting
-----------------
 NULL
(1 row)


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