Re: [GENERAL] Unable to reload postgresql.conf without restarting

> Hi,
>
> I made some changes to postgresql.conf and I want them to take effect
without
> having to restart the server.
>
> I tried
>
> select pg_reload_conf();
> /usr/pgsql-9.1/bin/pg_ctl reload
>
> but when I do 'show all', I see no changes take effect.
>
> There settings I tried to change are:
> -effective_cache_size
> -work_mem
>
> Im using posgres 9.1 on Centos Linux (amazon ec2)

I think, these parameters are duplicated in postgresql.conf file. Can you
check whether the same parameters are exits in bottom of the file. If so,
you need to change at the bottom(or comment them).

Regards,
Baji Shaik.

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:25:41AM -0500, Jose Martinez wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I made some changes to postgresql.conf and I want them to take effect
> without
> > having to restart the server.
> >
> > I tried
> >
> > select pg_reload_conf();
> > /usr/pgsql-9.1/bin/pg_ctl reload
> >
> > but when I do 'show all', I see no changes take effect.
> >
> > There settings I tried to change are:
> > -effective_cache_size
> > -work_mem
> >
> > Im using posgres 9.1 on Centos Linux (amazon ec2)
>
> That is quite odd. Can you show us the commands and the postgresql.conf
> line you are changing?
>
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