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Subject: Re: "20.16. Customized Options" =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=93=C2=A0cannot?=
 be set by `ALTER SYSTEM`
From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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On Mon, 2023-10-16 at 16:21 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> So maybe we should allow ALTER SYSTEM for unrecognized parameters,
> as long as the parameter name is syntactically legit and you're a
> superuser.

That seems more consistent than the current behavior, so +1.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe