Re: pg_guc

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Fernando Nasser <fnasser(at)redhat(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)redhat(dot)com>, Aizaz Ahmed <aahmed(at)redhat(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_guc
Date: 2003-06-26 17:57:23
Message-ID: 200306261057.24159.josh@agliodbs.com
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Fernando,

> We have a server side GUI utility that among other things let us configure
GUC
> variables. We badly need to know what variables exist in the specific
backend
> version, which are the min and max values and if possible a description.
The
> option is to hardwire these things into the code which is very awkward (and
we
> want it to work with different backend versions, backends compiled
differently
> etc.).

As the new "GUC List" guru, I will send you a list in PDF or SXW format
which covers 7.3 and 7.4 this weekend. If you database it, I would love to
have the table back in return.

Please note that the actual maximum value for many variables is much larger
than the practical maximum value. For example, RANDOM_PAGE_COST is only
limited to INT MAX on the host OS, even though all practical values are
between 1 and 10.

--
-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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