Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> Would this not work in the context of the general user-specific ALTER USER ...
>> SET something = something?
> No because it isn't a GUC variable, it is per-user/db value. We could
> have used that syntax, but it might confuse people.
Yeah --- casting it as a GUC would create issues like "what is the
global default?". I think treating it as a hard-wired feature is fine.
regards, tom lane