Re: max_fsm_relations(1000) equals the number of relations checked

Lonni J Friedman <netllama(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I have a postgresql 8.1.10 instance running on Linux. When vacuumdb
> runs, I see the following in the server log:

> NOTICE: max_fsm_relations(1000) equals the number of relations checked
> HINT: You have at least 1000 relations. Consider increasing the
> configuration parameter "max_fsm_relations".
> LOG: max_fsm_relations(1000) equals the number of relations checked

> What is puzzling, is where its getting that 1000 from, as in
> postgresql.conf, I have:
> max_fsm_relations = 2000

> I've restarted the server (several times, in fact) since setting
> max_fsm_relations=2000, so I can't figure out why its still using
> 1000. Is there some alternate location that it might be getting set?

Sounds to me like you're editing the wrong config file. Have you
checked "show config_file" to see what the postmaster thinks it's
using?

regards, tom lane