Frank Wiles <frank(at)wiles(dot)org> writes:
> This may be an unreasonable suggestion, but how about allowing both?
> I've seen several configuration systems do the following:
> shared_buffers = 10000 ( shared_buffers in pages )
> shared_buffers = 100M ( 100 MBs of shared_buffers )
> shared_buffers = 2048K ( 2MBs of shared_buffers )
I could live with that. I'm not sure how painful it would be to wedge
into GUC though; and I have a feeling that it is exactly *not* what
Shridhar would think is simpler than the present behavior ;-)
regards, tom lane