I noticed that this is accepted: postgres=# ALTER TABLE t SET (toast.asdf=128); ALTER TABLE I thought since "toast" was a core namespace, it would've been rejected? I recall having read a discussion about verifying these ... I wasn't able to find what I was thinking of, but found this one. https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20090114144332.GF24156%40alvh.no-ip.org Justin