On 2015-10-17 12:49:17 +0100, Simon Riggs wrote: > Agreed, but I don't like the idea of hardcoding something so horribly > specific into the server.
What's that specific about accepting the value for 'disabled' for a feature that's not supported anymore? > I'd rather the driver added "driver=npgsql" as an additional parameter in > the StartupMessage. We can then make the server run some driver specific > logic, rather than hardcoding something that could cause breakage > elsewhere. This mechanism would then be extensible to all drivers. How could this cause breakage alsewhere? Having to backpatch a new parameter to all supported versions seems far more invasive than adding a guc that can only be set to one value. Andres -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers