Guy Rouillier <guyr-ml1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> Another possibility, if you only need to store and retrieve values >> and not do anything especially interesting with them, is to abuse >> the "custom GUC variable" facility. > I've had several occasions when a user-defined variable would have come > in handy. What is the scope of user_vars as you've defined them above? They'd act like any other GUC variable. The scope of a SET would be the current connection, but there are other ways to set them with larger scope. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings