Re: Permanent settings

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Permanent settings
Date: 2008-02-21 15:59:17
Message-ID: 47BD9FD5.4040307@commandprompt.com
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Zdenek Kotala wrote:

> I like this idea. By my opinion only GUC variable with PGC_POSTMASTER
> context must be in postgresql.conf. Most of them are related to memory
> and networking configuration. Other can be only store in database. And
> for startup, default value will work pretty well.
>
> By the way, why postgresql.conf is required for startup when I'm able
> setup all parameter on command line?
>

You aren't able to.

postgres=# set shared_buffers = '32768';
ERROR: parameter "shared_buffers" cannot be changed after server start
STATEMENT: set shared_buffers = '32768';
ERROR: parameter "shared_buffers" cannot be changed after server start
postgres=#

Joshua D. Drake

>
> Zdenek
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