Ășt 5. 1. 2021 v 18:51 odesĂlatel Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> napsal:
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 09:46:32AM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 8:26 AM Joel Jacobson <j...@compiler.org> wrote: > > > > In the documentation at https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/ > > functions-admin.html > > this behaviour is not mentioned anywhere as far as I can see: > > > > > > > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-custom.html > > > > I do think "Customized Options" is an accurate description. One needs to > > consider their usage of such variables as "modular" even though there is > no > > library code involved. i.e., the description is possibly overly > specific but > > the variables created in this manner are simply namespaced but otherwise > usable > > in any manner you deem fit. > > I think I tried to make this feature more visible a few years ago and > some people said we might remove it someday, so don't do that. If that > is false, I think we can make it more prominent. > This feature is frequently used as a workaround for missing global package variables. And a lot of scripts use this feature as only one possibility to push parameters to the DO statement. Unfortunately - there is not any guard against typo errors, are untyped, and access is slow - it is designed for different purposes. Schema variables are designed specially for described purposes https://commitfest.postgresql.org/31/1608/. Regards Pavel > -- > Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us > EnterpriseDB https://enterprisedb.com > > The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness, Bruce Lee > > > >