Re: Temporary disable autovacuum in pgsql 8.1.0

Richard van den Berg <richard(dot)vandenberg(at)trust-factory(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote on 06-12-2005 15:49:28:
>> Couldn't you have just set autovacuum = off in postgresql.conf? (Unlike
>> some other things, this setting can be changed after postmaster start.)

> If that is true, the documentation at
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/runtime-config-autovacuum.html
> should be updated:

> autovacuum (boolean)
> Controls whether the server should start the autovacuum subprocess. This
> is off by default. stats_start_collector and stats_row_level must also be
> on for this to start. This option can only be set at server start or in
> the postgresql.conf file.

That documentation is exactly correct. Note that it doesn't say "can
only be set at server start" full stop.

regards, tom lane