Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> I wonder if we should allow the client to specify settings on connection
> start that _can't_ be changed via SET.
The GUC code already has that concept (PGC_BACKEND) --- it'd be simple
to move some existing variables into that category if we decide that's
what we want to do. But I don't think we want to do so for DateStyle,
whatever position we take on autocommit.
regards, tom lane