Subject: Re: Invalid idle_in_transaction_session_timeout data type
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Alex <cdalxndr@yahoo.com>
Cc: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@sraoss.co.jp>, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
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From: Vik Fearing <vik@postgresfriends.org>
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 07:26:19 +0100
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On 3/12/21 2:50 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alex <cdalxndr@yahoo.com> writes:
>> The following changes would make docs clear:
>> work_mem (numeric with memory unit)
>> statement_timeout (numeric with time unit)
> 
> I'm not sure about "clear", but I am sure that'd be inaccurate.
> We have integer GUCs and float8 GUCs, but no numeric GUCs.
> I do not see a useful purpose in obscuring that distinction.
> 
> I could see using a couple more words than I suggested before:
> 
> work_mem (integer, units of kilobytes)

This gets a little more complicated with:

shared_buffers (integer, units of BLOCKSZ)
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Vik Fearing