Re: SHOW command always returns text field

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> I was slightly surprised the other day that the SHOW command always
> returns a field of type text even if the underlying parameter has one of
> the other types (int, real, etc.).  Is this intentional?  Would it be
> worth refining?

I'm disinclined to mess with it.  One thing that couldn't easily be
"cleaned up" is the textual output for nominally-numeric parameters
that have units.
        regards, tom lane