Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Steve Crawford wrote: >> Raymond O'Donnell wrote: >>>> On 18/10/2007 22:26, Laurent ROCHE wrote: >>>> No idea what GUC is, though ! >> >> It's Global User Configuration. But the confusion does point out the >> need for a reference. > I think it is Grand Unified Configuration actually ... Alvaro remembers correctly. Peter invented the term when he proposed replacing a bunch of ad-hoc configuration thingies with one mechanism: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2000-03/msg00107.php If you don't remember how things worked before that, be glad ;-) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
