Matthew Foster - NOAA Federal <matthew(dot)foster(at)noaa(dot)gov> writes:
> Thank you for the quick reply. SHOW indeed indicates that the parameters
> have not actually changed. I guess my next question is: Why did they not
> change on reload?
Likely theories include:
* You did the reload wrong. You did not mention exactly how
you did it, so it's hard to speculate about this.
* You did the parameter change in postgresql.conf wrong. A typical gotcha
is forgetting to remove the comment marker '#', but any sort of syntax
error will cause Postgres to not process the change.
regards, tom lane