Re: [HACKERS] SHOW, RESET require quotes, SET doesn't

2005-08-23 Thread Tom Lane
Michael Fuhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I see in gram.y that SHOW and RESET take a ColId but SET takes a > var_name, which is ColId or var_name.ColId. Is there a reason for > the inconsistency or is it just an oversight? Offhand it looks like the custom-variable patch missed dealing with SHOW

[HACKERS] SHOW, RESET require quotes, SET doesn't

2005-08-23 Thread Michael Fuhr
SHOW and RESET require quoting in cases where SET doesn't: test=> SHOW plperl.use_strict; ERROR: syntax error at or near "." at character 12 LINE 1: SHOW plperl.use_strict; ^ test=> SHOW "plperl.use_strict"; plperl.use_strict --- on (1 row) test=> SET plperl