Re: Permanent settings

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Permanent settings
Date: 2008-02-19 18:34:44
Message-ID: 47BB2144.2060905@dunslane.net
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
>
>> IMO this should all be in the database and that's it. The idea that our
>> global settings are in a file seems unusual consider we have a
>> perfectly good storage engine available.
>>
>
> That doesn't work, because many settings must be loaded before the
> database is fully operational.
>
>

Not to mention what would happen if the database had a problem so we
couldn't read the config.

Knowing when not to use a database is as important as knowing when to
use one.

cheers

andrew

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