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| author | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2010-08-05 18:36:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2010-08-05 18:36:31 +0000 |
| commit | 5f5f19366229215eb10109c8e24cb665b27be994 (patch) | |
| tree | a8fdd74f2c414a3d4637a8f6ec9b759117de69c4 | |
| parent | bdd538c571ff6712b9c17b179791592629ad5207 (diff) | |
Document which Python environment variables affect PL/Python
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml index c76012db402..6a26abbce73 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml,v 1.51 2010/07/08 18:42:12 petere Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml,v 1.51.2.1 2010/08/05 18:36:31 petere Exp $ --> <chapter id="plpython"> <title>PL/Python - Python Procedural Language</title> @@ -958,4 +958,64 @@ $$ LANGUAGE plpythonu; </para> </sect1> + <sect1 id="plpython-envar"> + <title>Environment Variables</title> + + <para> + Some of the environment variables that are accepted by the Python + interpreter can also be used to affect PL/Python behavior. They + would need to be set in the environment of the main PostgreSQL + server process, for example in a start script. The available + environment variables depend on the version of Python; see the + Python documentation for details. At the time of this writing, the + following environment variables have an affect on PL/Python, + assuming an adequate Python version: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para><envar>PYTHONHOME</envar></para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><envar>PYTHONPATH</envar></para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><envar>PYTHONY2K</envar></para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><envar>PYTHONOPTIMIZE</envar></para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><envar>PYTHONDEBUG</envar></para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><envar>PYTHONVERBOSE</envar></para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><envar>PYTHONCASEOK</envar></para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><envar>PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE</envar></para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><envar>PYTHONIOENCODING</envar></para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><envar>PYTHONUSERBASE</envar></para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + (It appears to be a Python implementation detail beyond the control + of PL/Python that some of the environment variables listed on + the <command>python</command> man page are only effective in a + command-line interpreter and not an embedded Python interpreter.) + </para> + </sect1> </chapter> |