On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 03:35:59PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> >> diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
> >> index 6b202e0..0677059 100644
> >> --- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
> >> +++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
> >> @@ -5150,7 +5150,7 @@ set_config_option(const char *name, const char *value,
> >> elevel = IsUnderPostmaster ? DEBUG3 : LOG;
> >> }
> >> else if (source == PGC_S_DATABASE || source == PGC_S_USER ||
> >> - source == PGC_S_DATABASE_USER)
> >> + source == PGC_S_DATABASE_USER || source == PG_S_SESSION)
> >> elevel = WARNING;
> >> else
> >> elevel = ERROR;
>
> > Is there any opinion on whether we need this patch? It basically allows
> > SET from a session to issue a warning rather than an error.
>
> Surely this is a completely horrid idea. It doesn't "allow" SET to
> throw a warning, it changes all interactive-SET cases from ERROR to
> WARNING. That's a whole lot of collateral damage to fix a very narrow
> case that's not even there anymore.
Agreed.
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