Re: RESET command seems pretty disjointed now

Tom Lane wrote:
> Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> writes:
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>> The current documentation for RESET exhibits a certain lack of, um,
>>> intellectual cohesiveness:
>>>
>>> Synopsis
>>>
>>> RESET configuration_parameter
>>> RESET ALL
>>> RESET { PLANS | SESSION | TEMP | TEMPORARY }
> 
>> Maybe DISCARD for the plans etc might be more intuitive than extending 
>> RESET?
> 
> DISCARD PLANS and DISCARD TEMP seem pretty reasonable, but DISCARD SESSION
> sounds a bit odd --- it seems like it might mean "disconnect", which of
> course is exactly what we're trying to avoid.  But possibly we could
> rename RESET SESSION as DISCARD ALL.
> 
> Leastwise I haven't got any better ideas.  Anyone have another proposal?

What about
RESET parameter
RESET { PLANS | TEMP | TEMPORARY }
RESET ALL { PARAMETERS | STATE }

RESET ALL would become an abbreviation of RESET ALL PARAMETERS (for backwards
compatibility), while RESET SESSION would be renamed to RESET ALL STATE.

greetings, Florian Pflug