| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila(at)huawei(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(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: | 2013-07-03 12:59:15 |
| Message-ID: | CA+U5nM+t=9TBt3rHuffJjcQfkS3KJ1CDJhhzxYLMF+aU2n2QGw@mail.gmail.com |
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On 3 July 2013 07:45, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila(at)huawei(dot)com> wrote:
> > postgresql.auto.conf is similar enough to postgresql.conf that it will
> prevent tab completion from working as it does now. As a result it will
> cause
> > people to bring that file up for editing when we wish to avoid that.
>
> This new file postgresql.auto.conf will be created inside a new directory
> "config", so both will be in different directories.
> Will there be any confusion with tab completion for different
> directories?
Tab completion will not be confused, no.
But I think everything else will be. How will I know that some settings
have been set by ALTER SYSTEM and some by other means?
Sounds to me like a recipe for chaos. I hope nobody is calling for a commit
on this anytime soon. I think the whole thing needs some careful thought
and review before we commit this.
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Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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