Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > On 9/8/17 13:14, Simon Riggs wrote: >> 2. Allow a SET to apply only for a single statement >> SET guc1 = x, guc2 = y FOR stmt >> e.g. SET max_parallel_workers = 4 FOR SELECT count(*) FROM bigtable >> Internally a GUC setting already exists for a single use, via >> GUC_ACTION_SAVE, so we just need to invoke it.
> This doesn't read well to me. It indicates to me "make this setting for > this query [in case I run it later]", but it does not indicate that the > query will be run. Robert's original LET ... IN ... syntax proposal might be better from that standpoint. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers