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Editorial improvements to description of pg_settings view.

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Tom Lane 2008-10-06 13:59:37 +00:00
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doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml,v 2.177 2008/10/06 13:05:36 mha Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml,v 2.178 2008/10/06 13:59:37 tgl Exp $ -->
<!--
Documentation of the system catalogs, directed toward PostgreSQL developers
-->
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<para>
The view <structname>pg_settings</structname> provides access to
run-time parameters of the server. It is essentially an alternative
interface to the <command>SHOW</> and <command>SET</> commands.
interface to the <xref linkend="sql-show" endterm="sql-show-title">
and <xref linkend="sql-set" endterm="sql-set-title"> commands.
It also provides access to some facts about each parameter that are
not directly available from <command>SHOW</>, such as minimum and
maximum values.
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<row>
<entry><structfield>extra_desc</structfield></entry>
<entry><type>text</type></entry>
<entry>Additional, more detailed, information about the parameter</entry>
<entry>Additional, more detailed, description of the parameter</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><structfield>context</structfield></entry>
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<row>
<entry><structfield>enumvals</structfield></entry>
<entry><type>text</type></entry>
<entry>Allowed values in enum parameters (NULL for non-enum
<entry>Allowed values of an enum parameter (NULL for non-enum
values)</entry>
</row>
<row>
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<row>
<entry><structfield>reset_val</structfield></entry>
<entry><type>text</type></entry>
<entry>Default run-time session value for the parameter that it will
revert to if <command>RESET</command></entry>
<entry>Value that <command>RESET</command> would reset the parameter to
in the current session</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><structfield>sourcefile</structfield></entry>
<entry><type>text</type></entry>
<entry>Input file the current value was set from (NULL for values set in
sources other than configuration files). Helpful when using
configuration include directives.</entry>
<entry>Configuration file the current value was set in (NULL for
values set from sources other than configuration files, or when
examined by a non-superuser).
Helpful when using configuration include directives</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><structfield>sourceline</structfield></entry>
<entry><type>text</type></entry>
<entry>Line number within the sourcefile the current value was set
from (NULL for values set in sources other than configuration files)
<entry><type>integer</type></entry>
<entry>Line number within the configuration file the current value was
set at (NULL for values set from sources other than configuration files,
or when examined by a non-superuser)
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>