Improve consistency of parsing of psql's magic variables.

For simple boolean variables such as ON_ERROR_STOP, psql has for a long
time recognized variant spellings of "on" and "off" (such as "1"/"0"),
and it also made a point of warning you if you'd misspelled the setting.
But these conveniences did not exist for other keyword-valued variables.
In particular, though ECHO_HIDDEN and ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK include "on" and
"off" as possible values, none of the alternative spellings for those were
recognized; and to make matters worse the code would just silently assume
"on" was meant for any unrecognized spelling.  Several people have reported
getting bitten by this, so let's fix it.  In detail, this patch:

* Allows all spellings recognized by ParseVariableBool() for ECHO_HIDDEN
and ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK.

* Reports a warning for unrecognized values for COMP_KEYWORD_CASE, ECHO,
ECHO_HIDDEN, HISTCONTROL, ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK, and VERBOSITY.

* Recognizes all values for all these variables case-insensitively;
previously there was a mishmash of case-sensitive and case-insensitive
behaviors.

Back-patch to all supported branches.  There is a small risk of breaking
existing scripts that were accidentally failing to malfunction; but the
consensus is that the chance of detecting real problems and preventing
future mistakes outweighs this.

doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml

@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ EOF
       Echo the actual queries generated by <command>\d</command> and other backslash
       commands. You can use this to study <application>psql</application>'s
       internal operations. This is equivalent to
-      setting the variable <varname>ECHO_HIDDEN</varname> from within
+      setting the variable <varname>ECHO_HIDDEN</varname> to <literal>on</>.
-      <application>psql</application>.
       </para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -317,8 +316,8 @@ EOF
       quietly. By default, it prints welcome messages and various
       informational output. If this option is used, none of this
       happens. This is useful with the <option>-c</option> option.
-      Within <application>psql</application> you can also set the
+      This is equivalent to setting the variable <varname>QUIET</varname>
-      <varname>QUIET</varname> variable to achieve the same effect.
+      to <literal>on</>.
       </para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -2582,8 +2581,9 @@ bar
         <term><varname>ECHO_HIDDEN</varname></term>
         <listitem>
         <para>
-        When this variable is set and a backslash command queries the
+        When this variable is set to <literal>on</> and a backslash command
-        database, the query is first shown. This way you can study the
+        queries the database, the query is first shown.
+        This feature helps you to study
         <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> internals and provide
         similar functionality in your own programs. (To select this behavior
         on program start-up, use the switch <option>-E</option>.)  If you set
@@ -2741,16 +2741,16 @@ bar
         <term><varname>ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK</varname></term>
         <listitem>
         <para>
-        When <literal>on</>, if a statement in a transaction block
+        When set to <literal>on</>, if a statement in a transaction block
         generates an error, the error is ignored and the transaction
-        continues. When <literal>interactive</>, such errors are only
+        continues. When set to <literal>interactive</>, such errors are only
         ignored in interactive sessions, and not when reading script
-        files. When <literal>off</> (the default), a statement in a
+        files. When unset or set to <literal>off</>, a statement in a
         transaction block that generates an error aborts the entire
-        transaction. The on_error_rollback-on mode works by issuing an
+        transaction. The error rollback mode works by issuing an
         implicit <command>SAVEPOINT</> for you, just before each command
-        that is in a transaction block, and rolls back to the savepoint
+        that is in a transaction block, and then rolling back to the
-        on error.
+        savepoint if the command fails.
         </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -2760,7 +2760,8 @@ bar
         <listitem>
         <para>
         By default, command processing continues after an error.  When this
-        variable is set, it will instead stop immediately.  In interactive mode,
+        variable is set to <literal>on</>, processing will instead stop
+        immediately.  In interactive mode,
         <application>psql</application> will return to the command prompt;
         otherwise, <application>psql</application> will exit, returning
         error code 3 to distinguish this case from fatal error
@@ -2802,8 +2803,8 @@ bar
         <term><varname>QUIET</varname></term>
         <listitem>
         <para>
-        This variable is equivalent to the command line option
+        Setting this variable to <literal>on</> is equivalent to the command
-        <option>-q</option>. It is probably not too useful in
+        line option <option>-q</option>. It is probably not too useful in
         interactive mode.
         </para>
         </listitem>
@@ -2813,8 +2814,8 @@ bar
         <term><varname>SINGLELINE</varname></term>
         <listitem>
         <para>
-        This variable is equivalent to the command line option
+        Setting this variable to <literal>on</> is equivalent to the command
-        <option>-S</option>.
+        line option <option>-S</option>.
         </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -2823,8 +2824,8 @@ bar
         <term><varname>SINGLESTEP</varname></term>
         <listitem>
         <para>
-        This variable is equivalent to the command line option
+        Setting this variable to <literal>on</> is equivalent to the command
-        <option>-s</option>.
+        line option <option>-s</option>.
         </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>

src/bin/psql/command.c

@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ exec_command(const char *cmd,
 												 OT_NORMAL, NULL, false);
 
 		if (opt)
-			pset.timing = ParseVariableBool(opt);
+			pset.timing = ParseVariableBool(opt, "\\timing");
 		else
 			pset.timing = !pset.timing;
 		if (!pset.quiet)
@@ -2159,10 +2159,12 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 	}
 
 	/* set expanded/vertical mode */
-	else if (strcmp(param, "x") == 0 || strcmp(param, "expanded") == 0 || strcmp(param, "vertical") == 0)
+	else if (strcmp(param, "x") == 0 ||
+			 strcmp(param, "expanded") == 0 ||
+			 strcmp(param, "vertical") == 0)
 	{
 		if (value)
-			popt->topt.expanded = ParseVariableBool(value);
+			popt->topt.expanded = ParseVariableBool(value, param);
 		else
 			popt->topt.expanded = !popt->topt.expanded;
 		if (!quiet)
@@ -2175,7 +2177,7 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 	else if (strcmp(param, "numericlocale") == 0)
 	{
 		if (value)
-			popt->topt.numericLocale = ParseVariableBool(value);
+			popt->topt.numericLocale = ParseVariableBool(value, param);
 		else
 			popt->topt.numericLocale = !popt->topt.numericLocale;
 		if (!quiet)
@@ -2232,7 +2234,7 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 	else if (strcmp(param, "t") == 0 || strcmp(param, "tuples_only") == 0)
 	{
 		if (value)
-			popt->topt.tuples_only = ParseVariableBool(value);
+			popt->topt.tuples_only = ParseVariableBool(value, param);
 		else
 			popt->topt.tuples_only = !popt->topt.tuples_only;
 		if (!quiet)
@@ -2286,10 +2288,12 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 		if (value && pg_strcasecmp(value, "always") == 0)
 			popt->topt.pager = 2;
 		else if (value)
-			if (ParseVariableBool(value))
+		{
+			if (ParseVariableBool(value, param))
 				popt->topt.pager = 1;
 			else
 				popt->topt.pager = 0;
+		}
 		else if (popt->topt.pager == 1)
 			popt->topt.pager = 0;
 		else
@@ -2309,7 +2313,7 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 	else if (strcmp(param, "footer") == 0)
 	{
 		if (value)
-			popt->default_footer = ParseVariableBool(value);
+			popt->default_footer = ParseVariableBool(value, param);
 		else
 			popt->default_footer = !popt->default_footer;
 		if (!quiet)

src/bin/psql/startup.c

@@ -637,31 +637,31 @@ showVersion(void)
 static void
 autocommit_hook(const char *newval)
 {
-	pset.autocommit = ParseVariableBool(newval);
+	pset.autocommit = ParseVariableBool(newval, "AUTOCOMMIT");
 }
 
 static void
 on_error_stop_hook(const char *newval)
 {
-	pset.on_error_stop = ParseVariableBool(newval);
+	pset.on_error_stop = ParseVariableBool(newval, "ON_ERROR_STOP");
 }
 
 static void
 quiet_hook(const char *newval)
 {
-	pset.quiet = ParseVariableBool(newval);
+	pset.quiet = ParseVariableBool(newval, "QUIET");
 }
 
 static void
 singleline_hook(const char *newval)
 {
-	pset.singleline = ParseVariableBool(newval);
+	pset.singleline = ParseVariableBool(newval, "SINGLELINE");
 }
 
 static void
 singlestep_hook(const char *newval)
 {
-	pset.singlestep = ParseVariableBool(newval);
+	pset.singlestep = ParseVariableBool(newval, "SINGLESTEP");
 }
 
 static void
@@ -675,12 +675,18 @@ echo_hook(const char *newval)
 {
 	if (newval == NULL)
 		pset.echo = PSQL_ECHO_NONE;
-	else if (strcmp(newval, "queries") == 0)
+	else if (pg_strcasecmp(newval, "queries") == 0)
 		pset.echo = PSQL_ECHO_QUERIES;
-	else if (strcmp(newval, "all") == 0)
+	else if (pg_strcasecmp(newval, "all") == 0)
 		pset.echo = PSQL_ECHO_ALL;
+	else if (pg_strcasecmp(newval, "none") == 0)
+		pset.echo = PSQL_ECHO_NONE;
 	else
+	{
+		psql_error("unrecognized value \"%s\" for \"%s\"; assuming \"%s\"\n",
+				   newval, "ECHO", "none");
 		pset.echo = PSQL_ECHO_NONE;
+	}
 }
 
 static void
@@ -688,12 +694,12 @@ echo_hidden_hook(const char *newval)
 {
 	if (newval == NULL)
 		pset.echo_hidden = PSQL_ECHO_HIDDEN_OFF;
-	else if (strcmp(newval, "noexec") == 0)
+	else if (pg_strcasecmp(newval, "noexec") == 0)
 		pset.echo_hidden = PSQL_ECHO_HIDDEN_NOEXEC;
-	else if (pg_strcasecmp(newval, "off") == 0)
+	else if (ParseVariableBool(newval, "ECHO_HIDDEN"))
-		pset.echo_hidden = PSQL_ECHO_HIDDEN_OFF;
-	else
 		pset.echo_hidden = PSQL_ECHO_HIDDEN_ON;
+	else	/* ParseVariableBool printed msg if needed */
+		pset.echo_hidden = PSQL_ECHO_HIDDEN_OFF;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -703,10 +709,10 @@ on_error_rollback_hook(const char *newval)
 		pset.on_error_rollback = PSQL_ERROR_ROLLBACK_OFF;
 	else if (pg_strcasecmp(newval, "interactive") == 0)
 		pset.on_error_rollback = PSQL_ERROR_ROLLBACK_INTERACTIVE;
-	else if (pg_strcasecmp(newval, "off") == 0)
+	else if (ParseVariableBool(newval, "ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK"))
-		pset.on_error_rollback = PSQL_ERROR_ROLLBACK_OFF;
-	else
 		pset.on_error_rollback = PSQL_ERROR_ROLLBACK_ON;
+	else	/* ParseVariableBool printed msg if needed */
+		pset.on_error_rollback = PSQL_ERROR_ROLLBACK_OFF;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -714,14 +720,20 @@ histcontrol_hook(const char *newval)
 {
 	if (newval == NULL)
 		pset.histcontrol = hctl_none;
-	else if (strcmp(newval, "ignorespace") == 0)
+	else if (pg_strcasecmp(newval, "ignorespace") == 0)
 		pset.histcontrol = hctl_ignorespace;
-	else if (strcmp(newval, "ignoredups") == 0)
+	else if (pg_strcasecmp(newval, "ignoredups") == 0)
 		pset.histcontrol = hctl_ignoredups;
-	else if (strcmp(newval, "ignoreboth") == 0)
+	else if (pg_strcasecmp(newval, "ignoreboth") == 0)
 		pset.histcontrol = hctl_ignoreboth;
+	else if (pg_strcasecmp(newval, "none") == 0)
+		pset.histcontrol = hctl_none;
 	else
+	{
+		psql_error("unrecognized value \"%s\" for \"%s\"; assuming \"%s\"\n",
+				   newval, "HISTCONTROL", "none");
 		pset.histcontrol = hctl_none;
+	}
 }
 
 static void
@@ -747,14 +759,18 @@ verbosity_hook(const char *newval)
 {
 	if (newval == NULL)
 		pset.verbosity = PQERRORS_DEFAULT;
-	else if (strcmp(newval, "default") == 0)
+	else if (pg_strcasecmp(newval, "default") == 0)
 		pset.verbosity = PQERRORS_DEFAULT;
-	else if (strcmp(newval, "terse") == 0)
+	else if (pg_strcasecmp(newval, "terse") == 0)
 		pset.verbosity = PQERRORS_TERSE;
-	else if (strcmp(newval, "verbose") == 0)
+	else if (pg_strcasecmp(newval, "verbose") == 0)
 		pset.verbosity = PQERRORS_VERBOSE;
 	else
+	{
+		psql_error("unrecognized value \"%s\" for \"%s\"; assuming \"%s\"\n",
+				   newval, "VERBOSITY", "default");
 		pset.verbosity = PQERRORS_DEFAULT;
+	}
 
 	if (pset.db)
 		PQsetErrorVerbosity(pset.db, pset.verbosity);

src/bin/psql/variables.c

@@ -49,11 +49,16 @@ GetVariable(VariableSpace space, const char *name)
 }
 
 /*
- * Try to interpret value as boolean value.  Valid values are: true,
+ * Try to interpret "value" as boolean value.
- * false, yes, no, on, off, 1, 0; as well as unique prefixes thereof.
+ *
+ * Valid values are: true, false, yes, no, on, off, 1, 0; as well as unique
+ * prefixes thereof.
+ *
+ * "name" is the name of the variable we're assigning to, to use in error
+ * report if any.  Pass name == NULL to suppress the error report.
  */
 bool
-ParseVariableBool(const char *value)
+ParseVariableBool(const char *value, const char *name)
 {
 	size_t		len;
 
@@ -82,7 +87,9 @@ ParseVariableBool(const char *value)
 	else
 	{
 		/* NULL is treated as false, so a non-matching value is 'true' */
-		psql_error("unrecognized boolean value; assuming \"on\".\n");
+		if (name)
+			psql_error("unrecognized value \"%s\" for \"%s\"; assuming \"%s\"\n",
+					   value, name, "on");
 		return true;
 	}
 	/* suppress compiler warning */

src/bin/psql/variables.h

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ typedef struct _variable *VariableSpace;
 VariableSpace CreateVariableSpace(void);
 const char *GetVariable(VariableSpace space, const char *name);
 
-bool		ParseVariableBool(const char *val);
+bool		ParseVariableBool(const char *value, const char *name);
 int ParseVariableNum(const char *val,
 				 int defaultval,
 				 int faultval,