Re: [PATCHES] [HACKERS] Configuration patch

2004-06-24 Thread Bruce Momjian
I have gotten no reply to my request to either move the include functionality into the guc-file.l or remove it and just add docs for the config location part of the patch. I now would like someone else to take the patch and make those changes to get it applied before feature freeze. If not, I ca

Re: [PATCHES] [HACKERS] Configuration patch

2004-06-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Mark (see I remembered your name), where are we on this patch? It needs docs and include has to be redone. Should I remove the include part of the patch, add docs, and apply it? --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Where a

Re: [PATCHES] [HACKERS] Configuration patch

2004-06-13 Thread Tom Lane
>> Tom doesn't like the syntax of "include" I said more than once that I didn't care about the syntax; it's the implementation I was objecting to. However, given that we are going to push it into guc-file.l, it'll be easier all around if we choose a syntax that doesn't look exactly like a variab

Re: [PATCHES] [HACKERS] Configuration patch

2004-06-13 Thread Bruce Momjian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Where are we on this? > > That's a good question. > > Tom doesn't like the syntax of "include" and there are a couple bugs he is > concered it. > > I'm pretty agnostic about the syntax, but I wouldn't get overly worried > about the metaphor presented either. > >

Re: [PATCHES] [HACKERS] Configuration patch

2004-06-13 Thread pgsql
> > Where are we on this? That's a good question. Tom doesn't like the syntax of "include" and there are a couple bugs he is concered it. I'm pretty agnostic about the syntax, but I wouldn't get overly worried about the metaphor presented either. "include='...'" doesn't bother me at all, but so

Re: [PATCHES] [HACKERS] Configuration patch

2004-06-11 Thread Bruce Momjian
Where are we on this? --- Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > One interesting idea would be for "SET include" to work like this: > > SET include '/var/run/xx' > > Notice there is no equals her

Re: [HACKERS] Configuration patch

2004-05-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
[ Will apply with adjustment, removing tablespaces. Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at: http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours. --

[HACKERS] Configuration patch

2004-05-12 Thread pgsql
This patch incorporates a number of changes suggested by the group. The purpose of this patch is to move postgresql to a position where all configuration options are specified in one place. The postgresql.conf file could completely document a postgresql environment. It adds this functionality: T