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<chapter Id="runtime">
</indexterm>
<listitem>
<para>
- Shows the size of a disk block. It is determined by the value
+ Reports the size of a disk block. It is determined by the value
of <literal>BLCKSZ</> when building the server. The default
value is 8192 bytes. The meaning of some configuration
variables (such as <xref linkend="guc-shared-buffers">) is
</indexterm>
<listitem>
<para>
- Shows whether <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> was built
+ Reports whether <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> was built
with support for 64-bit-integer dates and times. It is set by
configuring with <literal>--enable-integer-datetimes</literal>
when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. The
</indexterm>
<listitem>
<para>
- Shows the locale in which sorting of textual data is done.
+ Reports the locale in which sorting of textual data is done.
See <xref linkend="locale"> for more information.
The value is determined when the database cluster is initialized.
</para>
</indexterm>
<listitem>
<para>
- Shows the locale that determines character classifications.
+ Reports the locale that determines character classifications.
See <xref linkend="locale"> for more information.
The value is determined when the database cluster is initialized.
Ordinarily this will be the same as <varname>lc_collate</varname>,
</indexterm>
<listitem>
<para>
- Shows the maximum number of function arguments. It is determined by
+ Reports the maximum number of function arguments. It is determined by
the value of <literal>FUNC_MAX_ARGS</> when building the server. The
default value is 100.
</para>
</indexterm>
<listitem>
<para>
- Shows the maximum identifier length. It is determined as one
+ Reports the maximum identifier length. It is determined as one
less than the value of <literal>NAMEDATALEN</> when building
the server. The default value of <literal>NAMEDATALEN</> is
64; therefore the default
</indexterm>
<listitem>
<para>
- Shows the maximum number of index keys. It is determined by
+ Reports the maximum number of index keys. It is determined by
the value of <literal>INDEX_MAX_KEYS</> when building the server. The
default value is 32.
</para>
<indexterm><primary>character set</></>
<listitem>
<para>
- Shows the database encoding (character set).
+ Reports the database encoding (character set).
It is determined when the database is created. Ordinarily,
clients need only be concerned with the value of <xref
linkend="guc-client-encoding">.
</indexterm>
<listitem>
<para>
- Shows the version number of the server. It is determined by the
+ Reports the version number of the server. It is determined by the
value of <literal>PG_VERSION</> when building the server.
</para>
</listitem>