Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
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: 2013-08-28 19:15:14
Message-ID: 20130828191514.GR2706@tamriel.snowman.net
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* Bruce Momjian (bruce(at)momjian(dot)us) wrote:
> Agreed, but I think this is a much larger issue than ALTER SYSTEM SET.

Yeah, true.

> I think changing behavior to first-seen would only add to confusion.
> What we really need is a WARNING when a later postgresql.conf setting
> overrides an earlier one, and ALTER SYSTEM SET's config file could
> behave the same, so you would know right away when you were overriding
> something in postgresql.conf that appeared earlier.

A warning would be nice. If only everyone read the log files. :/

Thanks,

Stephen

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