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

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Amit kapila <amit(dot)kapila(at)huawei(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <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: 2013-07-17 22:28:58
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On 07/17/2013 03:17 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2013-07-17 17:05:40 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> Robert Haas escribió:
>>
>>> This feature doesn't strike me as a good candidate for regression
>>> testing anyway. Keep in mind that people are intended to be able to
>>> run make installcheck against a deployed system without messing it up.
>>
>> This is my opinion as well.
>
> Setting and resetting a GUC like pg_regress.test_var or so shouldn't be
> too invasive. Some minimal testing seems like a good idea to me.

Also, we can "make check" even if we don't "make installcheck".

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Josh Berkus
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