diff --git a/src/backend/access/common/reloptions.c b/src/backend/access/common/reloptions.c
index ec2abcb29845aec5d8e4138b08808ebe7eb9487d..3401667b9e41e626d7e6eafc6401e4dd6a5c7ac1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/common/reloptions.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/common/reloptions.c
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/common/reloptions.c,v 1.12 2009/01/01 17:23:34 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/common/reloptions.c,v 1.13 2009/01/05 17:14:28 alvherre Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/gist_private.h"
+#include "access/hash.h"
+#include "access/nbtree.h"
 #include "access/reloptions.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
 #include "commands/defrem.h"
@@ -22,8 +25,357 @@
 #include "utils/array.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/guc.h"
+#include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
 
+/*
+ * Contents of pg_class.reloptions
+ *
+ * To add an option:
+ *
+ * (i) decide on a class (integer, real, bool, string), name, default value,
+ * upper and lower bounds (if applicable).
+ * (ii) add a record below.
+ * (iii) add it to StdRdOptions if appropriate
+ * (iv) add a block to the appropriate handling routine (probably
+ * default_reloptions)
+ * (v) don't forget to document the option
+ *
+ * Note that we don't handle "oids" in relOpts because it is handled by
+ * interpretOidsOption().
+ */
+
+static relopt_bool boolRelOpts[] =
+{
+	/* list terminator */
+	{ { NULL } }
+};
+
+static relopt_int intRelOpts[] =
+{
+	{
+		{
+			"fillfactor",
+			"Packs table pages only to this percentage",
+			RELOPT_KIND_HEAP
+		},
+		HEAP_DEFAULT_FILLFACTOR, HEAP_MIN_FILLFACTOR, 100
+	},
+	{
+		{
+			"fillfactor",
+			"Packs btree index pages only to this percentage",
+			RELOPT_KIND_BTREE
+		},
+		BTREE_DEFAULT_FILLFACTOR, BTREE_MIN_FILLFACTOR, 100
+	},
+	{
+		{
+			"fillfactor",
+			"Packs hash index pages only to this percentage",
+			RELOPT_KIND_HASH
+		},
+		HASH_DEFAULT_FILLFACTOR, HASH_MIN_FILLFACTOR, 100
+	},
+	{
+		{
+			"fillfactor",
+			"Packs gist index pages only to this percentage",
+			RELOPT_KIND_GIST
+		},
+		GIST_DEFAULT_FILLFACTOR, GIST_MIN_FILLFACTOR, 100
+	},
+	/* list terminator */
+	{ { NULL } }
+};
+
+static relopt_real realRelOpts[] =
+{
+	/* list terminator */
+	{ { NULL } }
+};
+
+static relopt_string stringRelOpts[] = 
+{
+	/* list terminator */
+	{ { NULL } }
+};
+
+static relopt_gen **relOpts = NULL;
+static int last_assigned_kind = RELOPT_KIND_LAST_DEFAULT + 1;
+
+static int		num_custom_options = 0;
+static relopt_gen **custom_options = NULL;
+static bool		need_initialization = true;
+
+static void initialize_reloptions(void);
+static void parse_one_reloption(relopt_value *option, char *text_str,
+					int text_len, bool validate);
+
+/*
+ * initialize_reloptions
+ * 		initialization routine, must be called before parsing
+ *
+ * Initialize the relOpts array and fill each variable's type and name length.
+ */
+static void
+initialize_reloptions(void)
+{
+	int		i;
+	int		j = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; boolRelOpts[i].gen.name; i++)
+		j++;
+	for (i = 0; intRelOpts[i].gen.name; i++)
+		j++;
+	for (i = 0; realRelOpts[i].gen.name; i++)
+		j++;
+	for (i = 0; stringRelOpts[i].gen.name; i++)
+		j++;
+	j += num_custom_options;
+
+	if (relOpts)
+		pfree(relOpts);
+	relOpts = MemoryContextAlloc(TopMemoryContext,
+								 (j + 1) * sizeof(relopt_gen *));
+
+	j = 0;
+	for (i = 0; boolRelOpts[i].gen.name; i++)
+	{
+		relOpts[j] = &boolRelOpts[i].gen;
+		relOpts[j]->type = RELOPT_TYPE_BOOL;
+		relOpts[j]->namelen = strlen(relOpts[j]->name);
+		j++;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; intRelOpts[i].gen.name; i++)
+	{
+		relOpts[j] = &intRelOpts[i].gen;
+		relOpts[j]->type = RELOPT_TYPE_INT;
+		relOpts[j]->namelen = strlen(relOpts[j]->name);
+		j++;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; realRelOpts[i].gen.name; i++)
+	{
+		relOpts[j] = &realRelOpts[i].gen;
+		relOpts[j]->type = RELOPT_TYPE_REAL;
+		relOpts[j]->namelen = strlen(relOpts[j]->name);
+		j++;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; stringRelOpts[i].gen.name; i++)
+	{
+		relOpts[j] = &stringRelOpts[i].gen;
+		relOpts[j]->type = RELOPT_TYPE_STRING;
+		relOpts[j]->namelen = strlen(relOpts[j]->name);
+		j++;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_custom_options; i++)
+	{
+		relOpts[j] = custom_options[i];
+		j++;
+	}
+
+	/* add a list terminator */
+	relOpts[j] = NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * add_reloption_kind
+ * 		Create a new relopt_kind value, to be used in custom reloptions by
+ * 		user-defined AMs.
+ */
+int
+add_reloption_kind(void)
+{
+	if (last_assigned_kind >= RELOPT_KIND_MAX)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errmsg("user-defined relation parameter types limit exceeded")));
+
+	return last_assigned_kind++;
+}
+
+/*
+ * add_reloption
+ * 		Add an already-created custom reloption to the list, and recompute the
+ * 		main parser table.
+ */
+static void
+add_reloption(relopt_gen *newoption)
+{
+	static int		max_custom_options = 0;
+
+	if (num_custom_options >= max_custom_options)
+	{
+		MemoryContext	oldcxt;
+
+		oldcxt = MemoryContextSwitchTo(TopMemoryContext);
+
+		if (max_custom_options == 0)
+		{
+			max_custom_options = 8;
+			custom_options = palloc(max_custom_options * sizeof(relopt_gen *));
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			max_custom_options *= 2;
+			custom_options = repalloc(custom_options,
+									  max_custom_options * sizeof(relopt_gen *));
+		}
+		MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcxt);
+	}
+	custom_options[num_custom_options++] = newoption;
+
+	need_initialization = true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * allocate_reloption
+ * 		Allocate a new reloption and initialize the type-agnostic fields
+ * 		(for types other than string)
+ */
+static relopt_gen *
+allocate_reloption(int kind, int type, char *name, char *desc)
+{
+	MemoryContext	oldcxt;
+	size_t			size;
+	relopt_gen	   *newoption;
+
+	Assert(type != RELOPT_TYPE_STRING);
+
+	oldcxt = MemoryContextSwitchTo(TopMemoryContext);
+
+	switch (type)
+	{
+		case RELOPT_TYPE_BOOL:
+			size = sizeof(relopt_bool);
+			break;
+		case RELOPT_TYPE_INT:
+			size = sizeof(relopt_int);
+			break;
+		case RELOPT_TYPE_REAL:
+			size = sizeof(relopt_real);
+			break;
+		default:
+			elog(ERROR, "unsupported option type");
+			return NULL;	/* keep compiler quiet */
+	}
+
+	newoption = palloc(size);
+
+	newoption->name = pstrdup(name);
+	if (desc)
+		newoption->desc = pstrdup(desc);
+	else
+		newoption->desc = NULL;
+	newoption->kind = kind;
+	newoption->namelen = strlen(name);
+	newoption->type = type;
+
+	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcxt);
+
+	return newoption;
+}
+
+/*
+ * add_bool_reloption
+ * 		Add a new boolean reloption
+ */
+void
+add_bool_reloption(int kind, char *name, char *desc, bool default_val)
+{
+	relopt_bool	   *newoption;
+
+	newoption = (relopt_bool *) allocate_reloption(kind, RELOPT_TYPE_BOOL,
+												   name, desc);
+	newoption->default_val = default_val;
+
+	add_reloption((relopt_gen *) newoption);
+}
+
+/*
+ * add_int_reloption
+ * 		Add a new integer reloption
+ */
+void
+add_int_reloption(int kind, char *name, char *desc, int default_val,
+				  int min_val, int max_val)
+{
+	relopt_int	   *newoption;
+
+	newoption = (relopt_int *) allocate_reloption(kind, RELOPT_TYPE_INT,
+												  name, desc);
+	newoption->default_val = default_val;
+	newoption->min = min_val;
+	newoption->max = max_val;
+
+	add_reloption((relopt_gen *) newoption);
+}
+
+/*
+ * add_real_reloption
+ * 		Add a new float reloption
+ */
+void
+add_real_reloption(int kind, char *name, char *desc, double default_val,
+				  double min_val, double max_val)
+{
+	relopt_real	   *newoption;
+
+	newoption = (relopt_real *) allocate_reloption(kind, RELOPT_TYPE_REAL,
+												   name, desc);
+	newoption->default_val = default_val;
+	newoption->min = min_val;
+	newoption->max = max_val;
+
+	add_reloption((relopt_gen *) newoption);
+}
+
+/*
+ * add_string_reloption
+ *		Add a new string reloption
+ */
+void
+add_string_reloption(int kind, char *name, char *desc, char *default_val)
+{
+	MemoryContext	oldcxt;
+	relopt_string  *newoption;
+	int				default_len = 0;
+
+	oldcxt = MemoryContextSwitchTo(TopMemoryContext);
+
+	if (default_val)
+		default_len = strlen(default_val);
+
+	newoption = palloc0(sizeof(relopt_string) + default_len);
+
+	newoption->gen.name = pstrdup(name);
+	if (desc)
+		newoption->gen.desc = pstrdup(desc);
+	else
+		newoption->gen.desc = NULL;
+	newoption->gen.kind = kind;
+	newoption->gen.namelen = strlen(name);
+	newoption->gen.type = RELOPT_TYPE_STRING;
+	if (default_val)
+	{
+		strcpy(newoption->default_val, default_val);
+		newoption->default_len = default_len;
+		newoption->default_isnull = false;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		newoption->default_val[0] = '\0';
+		newoption->default_len = 0;
+		newoption->default_isnull = true;
+	}
+
+	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcxt);
+
+	add_reloption((relopt_gen *) newoption);
+}
 
 /*
  * Transform a relation options list (list of DefElem) into the text array
@@ -198,147 +550,244 @@ untransformRelOptions(Datum options)
 /*
  * Interpret reloptions that are given in text-array format.
  *
- *	options: array of "keyword=value" strings, as built by transformRelOptions
- *	numkeywords: number of legal keywords
- *	keywords: the allowed keywords
- *	values: output area
- *	validate: if true, throw error for unrecognized keywords.
+ * options is a reloption text array as constructed by transformRelOptions.
+ * kind specifies the family of options to be processed.
+ *
+ * The return value is a relopt_value * array on which the options actually
+ * set in the options array are marked with isset=true.  The length of this
+ * array is returned in *numrelopts.  Options not set are also present in the
+ * array; this is so that the caller can easily locate the default values.
  *
- * The keywords and values arrays must both be of length numkeywords.
- * The values entry corresponding to a keyword is set to a palloc'd string
- * containing the corresponding value, or NULL if the keyword does not appear.
+ * If there are no options of the given kind, numrelopts is set to 0 and NULL
+ * is returned.
+ *
+ * Note: values of type int, bool and real are allocated as part of the
+ * returned array.  Values of type string are allocated separately and must
+ * be freed by the caller.
  */
-void
-parseRelOptions(Datum options, int numkeywords, const char *const * keywords,
-				char **values, bool validate)
+relopt_value *
+parseRelOptions(Datum options, bool validate, relopt_kind kind,
+				int *numrelopts)
 {
-	ArrayType  *array;
-	Datum	   *optiondatums;
-	int			noptions;
+	relopt_value *reloptions;
+	int			numoptions = 0;
 	int			i;
+	int			j;
 
-	/* Initialize to "all defaulted" */
-	MemSet(values, 0, numkeywords * sizeof(char *));
+	if (need_initialization)
+		initialize_reloptions();
 
-	/* Done if no options */
-	if (!PointerIsValid(DatumGetPointer(options)))
-		return;
+	/* Build a list of expected options, based on kind */
 
-	array = DatumGetArrayTypeP(options);
+	for (i = 0; relOpts[i]; i++)
+		if (relOpts[i]->kind == kind)
+			numoptions++;
 
-	Assert(ARR_ELEMTYPE(array) == TEXTOID);
+	if (numoptions == 0)
+	{
+		*numrelopts = 0;
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
-	deconstruct_array(array, TEXTOID, -1, false, 'i',
-					  &optiondatums, NULL, &noptions);
+	reloptions = palloc(numoptions * sizeof(relopt_value));
 
-	for (i = 0; i < noptions; i++)
+	for (i = 0, j = 0; relOpts[i]; i++)
+	{
+		if (relOpts[i]->kind == kind)
+		{
+			reloptions[j].gen = relOpts[i];
+			reloptions[j].isset = false;
+			j++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Done if no options */
+	if (PointerIsValid(DatumGetPointer(options)))
 	{
-		text	   *optiontext = DatumGetTextP(optiondatums[i]);
-		char	   *text_str = VARDATA(optiontext);
-		int			text_len = VARSIZE(optiontext) - VARHDRSZ;
-		int			j;
+		ArrayType  *array;
+		Datum	   *optiondatums;
+		int			noptions;
+
+		array = DatumGetArrayTypeP(options);
+
+		Assert(ARR_ELEMTYPE(array) == TEXTOID);
+
+		deconstruct_array(array, TEXTOID, -1, false, 'i',
+						  &optiondatums, NULL, &noptions);
 
-		/* Search for a match in keywords */
-		for (j = 0; j < numkeywords; j++)
+		for (i = 0; i < noptions; i++)
 		{
-			int			kw_len = strlen(keywords[j]);
+			text	   *optiontext = DatumGetTextP(optiondatums[i]);
+			char	   *text_str = VARDATA(optiontext);
+			int			text_len = VARSIZE(optiontext) - VARHDRSZ;
+			int			j;
 
-			if (text_len > kw_len && text_str[kw_len] == '=' &&
-				pg_strncasecmp(text_str, keywords[j], kw_len) == 0)
+			/* Search for a match in reloptions */
+			for (j = 0; j < numoptions; j++)
 			{
-				char	   *value;
-				int			value_len;
+				int			kw_len = reloptions[j].gen->namelen;
 
-				if (values[j] && validate)
-					ereport(ERROR,
-							(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
-						  errmsg("parameter \"%s\" specified more than once",
-								 keywords[j])));
-				value_len = text_len - kw_len - 1;
-				value = (char *) palloc(value_len + 1);
-				memcpy(value, text_str + kw_len + 1, value_len);
-				value[value_len] = '\0';
-				values[j] = value;
-				break;
+				if (text_len > kw_len && text_str[kw_len] == '=' &&
+					pg_strncasecmp(text_str, reloptions[j].gen->name,
+								   kw_len) == 0)
+				{
+					parse_one_reloption(&reloptions[j], text_str, text_len,
+										validate);
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (j >= numoptions && validate)
+			{
+				char	   *s;
+				char	   *p;
+
+				s = TextDatumGetCString(optiondatums[i]);
+				p = strchr(s, '=');
+				if (p)
+					*p = '\0';
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+						 errmsg("unrecognized parameter \"%s\"", s)));
 			}
-		}
-		if (j >= numkeywords && validate)
-		{
-			char	   *s;
-			char	   *p;
-
-			s = TextDatumGetCString(optiondatums[i]);
-			p = strchr(s, '=');
-			if (p)
-				*p = '\0';
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
-					 errmsg("unrecognized parameter \"%s\"", s)));
 		}
 	}
+
+	*numrelopts = numoptions;
+	return reloptions;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Subroutine for parseRelOptions, to parse and validate a single option's
+ * value
+ */
+static void
+parse_one_reloption(relopt_value *option, char *text_str, int text_len,
+					bool validate)
+{
+	char	   *value;
+	int			value_len;
+	bool		parsed;
+	bool		nofree = false;
+
+	if (option->isset && validate)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+				 errmsg("parameter \"%s\" specified more than once",
+						option->gen->name)));
+
+	value_len = text_len - option->gen->namelen - 1;
+	value = (char *) palloc(value_len + 1);
+	memcpy(value, text_str + option->gen->namelen + 1, value_len);
+	value[value_len] = '\0';
+
+	switch (option->gen->type)
+	{
+		case RELOPT_TYPE_BOOL:
+			{
+				parsed = parse_bool(value, &option->values.bool_val);
+				if (validate && !parsed)
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errmsg("invalid value for boolean option \"%s\": %s",
+									option->gen->name, value)));
+			}
+			break;
+		case RELOPT_TYPE_INT:
+			{
+				relopt_int	*optint = (relopt_int *) option->gen;
+
+				parsed = parse_int(value, &option->values.int_val, 0, NULL);
+				if (validate && !parsed)
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errmsg("invalid value for integer option \"%s\": %s",
+									option->gen->name, value)));
+				if (validate && (option->values.int_val < optint->min ||
+								 option->values.int_val > optint->max))
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errmsg("value %s out of bounds for option \"%s\"",
+									value, option->gen->name),
+							 errdetail("Valid values are between \"%d\" and \"%d\".",
+									   optint->min, optint->max)));
+			}
+			break;
+		case RELOPT_TYPE_REAL:
+			{
+				relopt_real	*optreal = (relopt_real *) option->gen;
+
+				parsed = parse_real(value, &option->values.real_val);
+				if (validate && !parsed)
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errmsg("invalid value for floating point option \"%s\": %s",
+									option->gen->name, value)));
+				if (validate && (option->values.real_val < optreal->min ||
+								 option->values.real_val > optreal->max))
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errmsg("value %s out of bounds for option \"%s\"",
+									value, option->gen->name),
+							 errdetail("Valid values are between \"%f\" and \"%f\".",
+									   optreal->min, optreal->max)));
+			}
+			break;
+		case RELOPT_TYPE_STRING:
+			option->values.string_val = value;
+			nofree = true;
+			parsed = true;
+			/* no validation possible */
+			break;
+		default:
+			elog(ERROR, "unsupported reloption type %d", option->gen->type);
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (parsed)
+		option->isset = true;
+	if (!nofree)
+		pfree(value);
+}
 
 /*
- * Parse reloptions for anything using StdRdOptions (ie, fillfactor only)
+ * Option parser for anything that uses StdRdOptions (i.e. fillfactor only)
  */
 bytea *
-default_reloptions(Datum reloptions, bool validate,
-				   int minFillfactor, int defaultFillfactor)
+default_reloptions(Datum reloptions, bool validate, relopt_kind kind)
 {
-	static const char *const default_keywords[1] = {"fillfactor"};
-	char	   *values[1];
-	int			fillfactor;
-	StdRdOptions *result;
+	relopt_value   *options;
+	StdRdOptions   *rdopts;
+	StdRdOptions	lopts;
+	int				numoptions;
+	int				len;
+	int				i;
 
-	parseRelOptions(reloptions, 1, default_keywords, values, validate);
+	options = parseRelOptions(reloptions, validate, kind, &numoptions);
 
-	/*
-	 * If no options, we can just return NULL rather than doing anything.
-	 * (defaultFillfactor is thus not used, but we require callers to pass it
-	 * anyway since we would need it if more options were added.)
-	 */
-	if (values[0] == NULL)
+	/* if none set, we're done */
+	if (numoptions == 0)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (!parse_int(values[0], &fillfactor, 0, NULL))
-	{
-		if (validate)
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
-					 errmsg("fillfactor must be an integer: \"%s\"",
-							values[0])));
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	MemSet(&lopts, 0, sizeof(StdRdOptions));
 
-	if (fillfactor < minFillfactor || fillfactor > 100)
+	for (i = 0; i < numoptions; i++)
 	{
-		if (validate)
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
-					 errmsg("fillfactor=%d is out of range (should be between %d and 100)",
-							fillfactor, minFillfactor)));
-		return NULL;
+		HANDLE_INT_RELOPTION("fillfactor", lopts.fillfactor, options[i]);
 	}
 
-	result = (StdRdOptions *) palloc(sizeof(StdRdOptions));
-	SET_VARSIZE(result, sizeof(StdRdOptions));
+	pfree(options);
 
-	result->fillfactor = fillfactor;
+	len = sizeof(StdRdOptions);
+	rdopts = palloc(len);
+	memcpy(rdopts, &lopts, len);
+	SET_VARSIZE(rdopts, len);
 
-	return (bytea *) result;
+	return (bytea *) rdopts;
 }
 
-
 /*
  * Parse options for heaps (and perhaps someday toast tables).
  */
 bytea *
 heap_reloptions(char relkind, Datum reloptions, bool validate)
 {
-	return default_reloptions(reloptions, validate,
-							  HEAP_MIN_FILLFACTOR,
-							  HEAP_DEFAULT_FILLFACTOR);
+	return default_reloptions(reloptions, validate, RELOPT_KIND_HEAP);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/access/gin/ginutil.c b/src/backend/access/gin/ginutil.c
index 1886aa266914f3db707ea790a2c6d6003ec23325..222ea677883f7f730365ff37511eb4d4f47a6619 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gin/ginutil.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gin/ginutil.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *			$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/gin/ginutil.c,v 1.19 2009/01/01 17:23:34 momjian Exp $
+ *			$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/gin/ginutil.c,v 1.20 2009/01/05 17:14:28 alvherre Exp $
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -317,16 +317,7 @@ ginoptions(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	bool		validate = PG_GETARG_BOOL(1);
 	bytea	   *result;
 
-	/*
-	 * It's not clear that fillfactor is useful for GIN, but for the moment
-	 * we'll accept it anyway.  (It won't do anything...)
-	 */
-#define GIN_MIN_FILLFACTOR			10
-#define GIN_DEFAULT_FILLFACTOR		100
-
-	result = default_reloptions(reloptions, validate,
-								GIN_MIN_FILLFACTOR,
-								GIN_DEFAULT_FILLFACTOR);
+	result = default_reloptions(reloptions, validate, RELOPT_KIND_GIN);
 	if (result)
 		PG_RETURN_BYTEA_P(result);
 	PG_RETURN_NULL();
diff --git a/src/backend/access/gist/gistutil.c b/src/backend/access/gist/gistutil.c
index 0d66492601f41c28531566f3628e9913bed69ff1..fa1e3088ad4fde2726ae3cd7abbe74ddb34ef34e 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gist/gistutil.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gist/gistutil.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *			$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/gist/gistutil.c,v 1.32 2009/01/01 17:23:35 momjian Exp $
+ *			$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/gist/gistutil.c,v 1.33 2009/01/05 17:14:28 alvherre Exp $
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #include "postgres.h"
@@ -670,9 +670,8 @@ gistoptions(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	bool		validate = PG_GETARG_BOOL(1);
 	bytea	   *result;
 
-	result = default_reloptions(reloptions, validate,
-								GIST_MIN_FILLFACTOR,
-								GIST_DEFAULT_FILLFACTOR);
+	result = default_reloptions(reloptions, validate, RELOPT_KIND_GIST);
+
 	if (result)
 		PG_RETURN_BYTEA_P(result);
 	PG_RETURN_NULL();
diff --git a/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c b/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c
index 4261f0c75e1299436390f59d1ad2c6a986e84e50..42e79376f8fc16cf60e6fcb9d3330582fde93a3b 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c,v 1.58 2009/01/01 17:23:35 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c,v 1.59 2009/01/05 17:14:28 alvherre Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -224,9 +224,8 @@ hashoptions(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	bool		validate = PG_GETARG_BOOL(1);
 	bytea	   *result;
 
-	result = default_reloptions(reloptions, validate,
-								HASH_MIN_FILLFACTOR,
-								HASH_DEFAULT_FILLFACTOR);
+	result = default_reloptions(reloptions, validate, RELOPT_KIND_HASH);
+
 	if (result)
 		PG_RETURN_BYTEA_P(result);
 	PG_RETURN_NULL();
diff --git a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c
index 3963ce847cf4a48e5921b6d3bc98ea66293214b2..1649307251cd8b0fdcb95f1af005c119509c45f1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c,v 1.92 2009/01/01 17:23:36 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c,v 1.93 2009/01/05 17:14:28 alvherre Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1402,9 +1402,7 @@ btoptions(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	bool		validate = PG_GETARG_BOOL(1);
 	bytea	   *result;
 
-	result = default_reloptions(reloptions, validate,
-								BTREE_MIN_FILLFACTOR,
-								BTREE_DEFAULT_FILLFACTOR);
+	result = default_reloptions(reloptions, validate, RELOPT_KIND_BTREE);
 	if (result)
 		PG_RETURN_BYTEA_P(result);
 	PG_RETURN_NULL();
diff --git a/src/include/access/reloptions.h b/src/include/access/reloptions.h
index ee1f9f2d574e3718b41fc409eda3fe3a953adaba..8a2e2286becc0fef59988e415939a18be1addf62 100644
--- a/src/include/access/reloptions.h
+++ b/src/include/access/reloptions.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/access/reloptions.h,v 1.6 2009/01/01 17:23:56 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/access/reloptions.h,v 1.7 2009/01/05 17:14:28 alvherre Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -20,21 +20,168 @@
 
 #include "nodes/pg_list.h"
 
+/* types supported by reloptions */
+typedef enum relopt_type
+{
+	RELOPT_TYPE_BOOL,
+	RELOPT_TYPE_INT,
+	RELOPT_TYPE_REAL,
+	RELOPT_TYPE_STRING
+} relopt_type;
+
+/* kinds supported by reloptions */
+typedef enum relopt_kind
+{
+	RELOPT_KIND_HEAP,
+	/* XXX do we need a separate kind for TOAST tables? */
+	RELOPT_KIND_BTREE,
+	RELOPT_KIND_HASH,
+	RELOPT_KIND_GIN,
+	RELOPT_KIND_GIST,
+	/* if you add a new kind, make sure you update "last_default" too */
+	RELOPT_KIND_LAST_DEFAULT = RELOPT_KIND_GIST,
+	RELOPT_KIND_MAX = 255
+} relopt_kind;
+
+/* generic struct to hold shared data */
+typedef struct relopt_gen
+{
+	const char *name;	/* must be first (used as list termination marker) */
+	const char *desc;
+	relopt_kind	kind;
+	int			namelen;
+	relopt_type	type;
+} relopt_gen;
+
+/* holds a parsed value */
+typedef struct relopt_value
+{
+	relopt_gen *gen;
+	bool		isset;
+	union
+	{
+		bool	bool_val;
+		int		int_val;
+		double	real_val;
+		char   *string_val;	/* allocated separately */
+	} values;
+} relopt_value;
+
+/* reloptions records for specific variable types */
+typedef struct relopt_bool
+{
+	relopt_gen	gen;
+	bool		default_val;
+} relopt_bool;
+	
+typedef struct relopt_int
+{
+	relopt_gen	gen;
+	int			default_val;
+	int			min;
+	int			max;
+} relopt_int;
+
+typedef struct relopt_real
+{
+	relopt_gen	gen;
+	double		default_val;
+	double		min;
+	double		max;
+} relopt_real;
+
+typedef struct relopt_string
+{
+	relopt_gen	gen;
+	int			default_len;
+	bool		default_isnull;
+	char		default_val[1];	/* variable length */
+} relopt_string;
+
+/*
+ * These macros exist for the convenience of amoptions writers.  See
+ * default_reloptions for an example of the intended usage.  Beware of
+ * multiple evaluation of arguments!
+ *
+ * Most of the time there's no need to call HAVE_RELOPTION manually, but it's
+ * possible that an amoptions routine needs to walk the array with a different
+ * purpose (say, to compute the size of a struct to allocate beforehand.)
+ */
+#define HAVE_RELOPTION(optname, option) \
+	(pg_strncasecmp(option.gen->name, optname, option.gen->namelen) == 0)
+
+#define HANDLE_INT_RELOPTION(optname, var, option) 					\
+	do {															\
+		if (HAVE_RELOPTION(optname, option))						\
+		{															\
+			if (option.isset)										\
+				var = option.values.int_val; 						\
+			else													\
+				var = ((relopt_int *) option.gen)->default_val; 	\
+			continue;												\
+		}															\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define HANDLE_BOOL_RELOPTION(optname, var, option) 				\
+	do {															\
+		if (HAVE_RELOPTION(optname, option))						\
+		{															\
+			if (option.isset)										\
+				var = option.values.bool_val; 						\
+			else													\
+				var = ((relopt_bool *) option.gen)->default_val;	\
+			continue;												\
+		}															\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define HANDLE_REAL_RELOPTION(optname, var, option) 				\
+	do {															\
+		if (HAVE_RELOPTION(optname, option))						\
+		{															\
+			if (option.isset)										\
+				var = option.values.real_val; 						\
+			else													\
+				var = ((relopt_real *) option.gen)->default_val;	\
+			continue;												\
+		}															\
+	} while (0)
+
+/* Note that this assumes that the variable is already allocated! */
+#define HANDLE_STRING_RELOPTION(optname, var, option) 				\
+	do {															\
+		if (HAVE_RELOPTION(optname, option))						\
+		{															\
+			relopt_string *optstring = (relopt_string *) option.gen;\
+			if (optstring->default_isnull)							\
+				var[0] = '\0';										\
+			else													\
+				strcpy(var,											\
+					   option.isset ? option.values.string_val : 	\
+					   optstring->default_val);						\
+			continue;												\
+		}															\
+	} while (0)
+
+extern int add_reloption_kind(void);
+extern void add_bool_reloption(int kind, char *name, char *desc,
+				   bool default_val);
+extern void add_int_reloption(int kind, char *name, char *desc,
+				  int default_val, int min_val, int max_val);
+extern void add_real_reloption(int kind, char *name, char *desc,
+				   double default_val, double min_val, double max_val);
+extern void add_string_reloption(int kind, char *name, char *desc,
+					 char *default_val);
+			
 extern Datum transformRelOptions(Datum oldOptions, List *defList,
 					bool ignoreOids, bool isReset);
-
 extern List *untransformRelOptions(Datum options);
-
-extern void parseRelOptions(Datum options, int numkeywords,
-				const char *const * keywords,
-				char **values, bool validate);
+extern relopt_value *parseRelOptions(Datum options, bool validate,
+				relopt_kind kind, int *numrelopts);
 
 extern bytea *default_reloptions(Datum reloptions, bool validate,
-				   int minFillfactor, int defaultFillfactor);
-
+				   relopt_kind kind);
 extern bytea *heap_reloptions(char relkind, Datum reloptions, bool validate);
-
 extern bytea *index_reloptions(RegProcedure amoptions, Datum reloptions,
-				 bool validate);
+				bool validate);
 
 #endif   /* RELOPTIONS_H */
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/catversion.h b/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
index 9a11d875a2ff9432d0edd05ec93f2d7ea9134c2c..13e47f0399cf3e3bab73a567f6cca7cd497a5952 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/catalog/catversion.h,v 1.516 2009/01/01 17:23:56 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/catalog/catversion.h,v 1.517 2009/01/05 17:14:28 alvherre Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@
  */
 
 /*							yyyymmddN */
-#define CATALOG_VERSION_NO	200812301
+#define CATALOG_VERSION_NO	200901051
 
 #endif