Re: Units in postgresql.conf -- How to report?

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
Cc: Albe Laurenz <all(at)adv(dot)magwien(dot)gv(dot)at>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Units in postgresql.conf -- How to report?
Date: 2006-07-25 21:42:13
Message-ID: 200607252342.13832.peter_e@gmx.net
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Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 08:48:34AM +0200, Albe Laurenz wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > So assuming we allowed units in postgresql.conf, how would you
> > > report them with SHOW?
> > >
> > > 1. The way they were set (hard)
> > >
> > > 2. Without units (not user-friendly)
> > >
> > > 3. Always in base units (seconds or bytes)
> > >
> > > 4. The largest unit that gives an integer
> > >
> > > (4) seems the most reasonable to me in terms of interface and
> > > implementation.
>
> 5. Using whatever units were used in postgresql.conf

That is (1).

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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