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| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/include/utils/guc_tables.h | 10 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c index 1a9705af669..00eedbafca7 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c @@ -9122,7 +9122,8 @@ write_one_nondefault_variable(FILE *fp, struct config_generic *gconf) { struct config_string *conf = (struct config_string *) gconf; - fprintf(fp, "%s", *conf->variable); + if (*conf->variable) + fprintf(fp, "%s", *conf->variable); } break; diff --git a/src/include/utils/guc_tables.h b/src/include/utils/guc_tables.h index 668d9efd357..9ea5c2a9ab5 100644 --- a/src/include/utils/guc_tables.h +++ b/src/include/utils/guc_tables.h @@ -221,6 +221,16 @@ struct config_real void *reset_extra; }; +/* + * A note about string GUCs: the boot_val is allowed to be NULL, which leads + * to the reset_val and the actual variable value (*variable) also being NULL. + * However, there is no way to set a NULL value subsequently using + * set_config_option or any other GUC API. Also, GUC APIs such as SHOW will + * display a NULL value as an empty string. Callers that choose to use a NULL + * boot_val should overwrite the setting later in startup, or else be careful + * that NULL doesn't have semantics that are visibly different from an empty + * string. + */ struct config_string { struct config_generic gen; |