Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Cédric Villemain <cedric(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])
Date: 2013-08-30 12:55:17
Message-ID: 20130830125517.GD2706@tamriel.snowman.net
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* Andres Freund (andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com) wrote:
> On 2013-08-30 10:20:48 +0200, Cédric Villemain wrote:
> > Grammar can be added later when the feature is stable.
>
> Could you explain the advantages of this? It will require users to get
> used to different interfaces and we will end up maintaining both just
> about forever. And I don't see the grammar being that contentious?

The "different interfaces" issue already exists, to some extent, as
adminpack does exist already and this is clearly a different interface
from that. That said, as I mentioned just now elsewhere, I agree that
the grammar itself (being rather simple anyway...) isn't the contentious
part of this.

Thanks,

Stephen

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