On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 3:41 PM, David Christensen <da...@endpoint.com>
wrote:

> The two-arg form of the current_setting() function will allow a
> fallback value to be returned instead of throwing an error when an
> unknown GUC is provided.  This would come in most useful when using
> custom GUCs; e.g.:
>
>   -- returns current setting of foo.bar, or 'default' if not set
>   SELECT current_setting('foo.bar', 'default')
>

​​This doesn't actually change the GUC in the system, right?  Do we want a
side-effect version of this?

There is already a two-arg form where the second argument is a boolean -
there needs to be tests that ensure proper behavior and function lookup
resolution.

No docs.

David J.
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