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Expand Up @@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ title: "Reference: Set/Show Setting Statement"
linkTitle: "Set/Show Setting"
---

The `set` and `show` statements allow you to inspect and change database and session settings.
The `SHOW`, `SET`, and `RESET` statements allow you to inspect and change database and session settings.

Usage example:

```sql
show TimeZone;
SHOW TimeZone;
```

```text
Expand All @@ -19,19 +19,33 @@ show TimeZone;
```

```sql
set timezone='US/Pacific';
SET timezone='US/Pacific';
```

```text
SET 0
To restore a setting to its default value, use `RESET`:

```sql
RESET TimeZone;
```

## Show all settings

```sql
show all;
SHOW ALL;
```

```text
name | setting | description
--------------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------
allow_system_table_mods | off | Allows modifications of the structure of system tables.
...
default_transaction_isolation | repeatable read | Sets the transaction isolation level of each new transaction.
...
timezone | Europe/Berlin | Sets the time zone for displaying and interpreting time stamps.
...
(n rows)
```

{{< callout type="info" >}}
For compatibility to existing PostgreSQL clients, CedarDB has many settings which are currently not used.
For compatibility with existing PostgreSQL clients, CedarDB accepts many settings that are currently silently ignored.
{{< /callout >}}
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