Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 233E31337C03 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:38:08 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 85898-01 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:38:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F2241337C02 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:38:00 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p2BHbvtF022412; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:37:57 -0500 (EST) To: Bruce Momjian cc: Robert Haas , Josh Kupershmidt , pgsql-docs Subject: Re: explaining "context" column of pg_settings In-reply-to: <201103111638.p2BGc2420747@momjian.us> References: <201103111638.p2BGc2420747@momjian.us> Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Momjian message dated "Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:38:02 -0500" Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:37:57 -0500 Message-ID: <22411.1299865077@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.91 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201103/82 X-Sequence-Number: 6515 Bruce Momjian writes: > Robert Haas wrote: >> Please propose a specific patch so we can complain about it. :-) > I am proposing Tom's: > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-docs/2010-12/msg00003.php It still seems like that material doesn't belong there. However, it's largely a restatement of what's said in section 18.1 in a form that matches up with the presentation used in the pg_settings view. Maybe it's okay to apply it as-is and just check to make sure that 18.1 is not missing any facts given here. regards, tom lane