Joe Conway wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> >>And maybe show the descriptions in pg_settings too?
> >
> > There was discussion of doing that, but it didn't get done in time
> > (and it's too late now for 7.4 unless you want an initdb). I wouldn't
> > mind putting it on TODO for 7.5.
>
> Bruce, you can put my name next to that TODO.
>
> > I think the SHOW ALL output should be kept to one line per variable,
> > which'd preclude adding "long" descriptions, but we could think about
> > adding the "short" ones. (I have no similar worry about pg_settings
> > because one can easily choose which columns one looks at.)
>
> This one too.
Added to TODO:
* Have SHOW ALL and pg_settings show descriptions for server-side variables(Joe)
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