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Subject: Re: [GENERAL] postgres FDW cost estimation options unrecognized in 9.3-beta1
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce () momjian ! us>
Date: 2014-01-31 19:22:38
Message-ID: 20140131192238.GO19957 () momjian ! us
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On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 06:28:05PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Our documentation appears not to disclose this fine point, but a look
> at the SQL-MED standard says it's operating per spec. The standard also
> says that ADD is an error if the option is already defined, which is a
> bit more defensible, but still not exactly what I'd call user-friendly.
> And the error we issue for that case is pretty misleading too:
>
> regression=# ALTER SERVER cuda_db10 OPTIONS (use_remote_estimate 'true') ;
> ALTER SERVER
> regression=# ALTER SERVER cuda_db10 OPTIONS (use_remote_estimate 'false') ;
> ERROR: option "use_remote_estimate" provided more than once
>
> I think we could do with both more documentation, and better error
> messages for these cases. In the SET-where-you-should-use-ADD case,
> perhaps
>
> ERROR: option "use_remote_estimate" has not been set
> HINT: Use ADD not SET to define an option that wasn't already set.
>
> In the ADD-where-you-should-use-SET case, perhaps
>
> ERROR: option "use_remote_estimate" is already set
> HINT: Use SET not ADD to change an option's value.
>
> The "provided more than once" wording would be appropriate if the same
> option is specified more than once in the command text, but I'm not sure
> that it's worth the trouble to detect that case.
Where are on this?
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