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+
<refentry id="SQL-RESET">
<refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>
- RESET
- </refentrytitle>
+ <refentrytitle id="SQL-RESET-TITLE">RESET</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
+
<refnamediv>
- <refname>
- RESET
- </refname>
- <refpurpose>
- Restores run-time parameters for session to default values
- </refpurpose>
+ <refname>RESET</refname>
+ <refpurpose>restore the value of a run-time parameter to the default value</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
+
+ <indexterm zone="sql-reset">
+ <primary>RESET</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
<refsynopsisdiv>
- <refsynopsisdivinfo>
- <date>1998-09-24</date>
- </refsynopsisdivinfo>
- <synopsis>
-RESET <replaceable class="PARAMETER">variable</replaceable>
- </synopsis>
-
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-RESET-1">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-09-24</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- Inputs
- </title>
- <para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <replaceable class="PARAMETER">variable</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Refer to the SET statement for more information on available
- variables.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- </refsect2>
-
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-RESET-2">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-09-24</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- Outputs
- </title>
- <para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- RESET VARIABLE
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Message returned if
- <replaceable class="PARAMETER">variable</replaceable> is successfully reset
- to its default value..
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- </refsect2>
+<synopsis>
+RESET <replaceable class="PARAMETER">varname</replaceable>
+RESET ALL
+</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
- <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-RESET-1">
- <refsect1info>
- <date>1998-09-24</date>
- </refsect1info>
- <title>
- Description
- </title>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <command>RESET</command> restores run-time parameters to their
+ default values. <command>RESET</command> is an alternative
+ spelling for
+<synopsis>
+SET <replaceable class="parameter">varname</replaceable> TO DEFAULT
+</synopsis>
+ Refer to <xref linkend="sql-set" endterm="sql-set-title"> for
+ details.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The default value is defined as the value that the parameter would
+ have had, had no <command>SET</> ever been issued for it in the
+ current session. The actual source of this value might be a
+ compiled-in default, the configuration file, command-line options,
+ or per-database or per-user default settings. See <xref
+ linkend="runtime-config"> for details.
+ </para>
+
<para>
- <command>RESET</command> restores variables to the
- default values.
- Refer to the <command>SET</command> command for details on
- allowed values and defaults.
- <command>RESET</command> is an alternate form for
- <command>SET <replaceable class="parameter">variable</replaceable> = DEFAULT</command>
+ See the <command>SET</> reference page for details on the
+ transaction behavior of <command>RESET</>. <command>RESET
+ CONNECTION</command> can be used to reset all aspects of
+ a session, not just parameter values.
</para>
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-RESET-3">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-09-24</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- Notes
- </title>
- <para>
- The RESET statement is a <productname>Postgres</productname>
- language extension.
- </para>
- <para>
- Refer to SET/SHOW statements to set/show variable values.
- </para>
- </refsect2>
</refsect1>
-
- <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-RESET-2">
- <title>
- Usage
- </title>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Parameters</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">varname</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of a run-time parameter. See <xref linkend="sql-set"
+ endterm="sql-set-title"> for a list.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>ALL</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Resets all settable run-time parameters to default values.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
<para>
- <programlisting>
--- reset DateStyle to its default;
-RESET DateStyle;
- </programlisting>
- <programlisting>
--- reset Geqo to its default;
-RESET GEQO;
- </programlisting>
+ Set the <varname>geqo</> configuration variable to its default value:
+<screen>
+RESET geqo;
+</screen>
</para>
</refsect1>
- <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-RESET-3">
- <title>
- Compatibility
- </title>
-
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-RESET-4">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-09-24</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- SQL92
- </title>
- <para>
- There is no <command>RESET</command> in <acronym>SQL92</acronym>.
- </para>
- </refsect2>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Compatibility</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <command>RESET</command> is a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>