Re: BUG #5656: parameter 'client_min_messages' accept values not listed in enumvals

Euler Taveira de Oliveira wrote:
> Tom Lane escreveu:
> > "thommy" <der.thommy@gmx.net> writes:
> >> I just came across a small inconsistency:
> >
> >> pg=# select enumvals from pg_settings where name='client_min_messages';
> >>                            enumvals
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >>  {debug5,debug4,debug3,debug2,debug1,log,notice,warning,error}
> >
> > It's intentional that PANIC isn't listed there (nor is FATAL),
> > on the grounds that it's not really a useful setting.
> >
> Fine. But shouldn't we remove these options from docs and/or code?

We are basically reusing the same validation code for this and other
min_messages settings.  Is it worth creating a custom one just for
client_min_messages?  Probably not.

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