Hi, question from IRC, but I couldn't find an answer. I can set custom guc with - in name, but I can't figure out how to select it. Without minus, it works great: =$ psql -X -c 'show custom.guc' ERROR: unrecognized configuration parameter "custom.guc" =$ psql -X -c "alter user depesz set custom.guc = '123'" ALTER ROLE =$ psql -X -c 'show custom.guc' custom.guc ------------ 123 (1 row) If I'd try to set variable with - in name: $ alter user depesz set custom.bad-guc = '1a'; ERROR: syntax error at or near "-" LINE 1: alter user depesz set custom.bad-guc = '1a'; ^ $ alter user depesz set custom."bad-guc" = '1a'; ALTER ROLE $ select * from pg_db_role_setting where setrole = 'depesz'::regrole; setdatabase │ setrole │ setconfig ─────────────┼─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 0 │ 16384 │ {application_name=xxx,custom.guc=123,custom.bad-guc=1a} (1 row) OK. Looks like it's set. But I can't show it (this is after reconnect): $ show custom."bad-guc"; ERROR: unrecognized configuration parameter "custom.bad-guc" $ show "custom"."bad-guc"; ERROR: unrecognized configuration parameter "custom.bad-guc" $ show "custom.bad-guc"; ERROR: unrecognized configuration parameter "custom.bad-guc" I know I can simply not use dashes in names, but if I can *set* it, how can I get the value back? depesz