Re: temporarily disable autovacuum on a database or server ?

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 8:09 PM, David G. Johnston <
david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 5:50 PM, Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 7:26 PM, Jonathan Vanasco <postgres(at)2xlp(dot)com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>> *I can't confirm this, but have you tried :*
>>
>> *SELECT set_config('autovacuum', 'off'', false);*
>>
>> *SELECT pg_reload_conf(); *
>>
>> *note: you must be a superuser for above*
>>
>
> I'm hoping you meant "ALTER SYSTEM" instead of "set_config()"...
>
> ​The documentation on these parameters is unclear: the only way to change
> the values is to edit postgresql.conf (or on the command line) but there is
> nothing said regarding whether pg_reload_conf() will work for them. I'd be
> surprised if it did...
>
> If it does - and for other cases where you can, instead of set_config you
> could use "ALTER SYSTEM" and at least avoid having to manually edit the
> config file. When done simply:
> ALTER SYSTEM RESET autovacuum; SELECT pg_reload_conf();
> to get back to normal operation.
>
> David J.
>
>

*Yes, you're right about ALTER SYSTER. Unfortunately, the op provided
neither PostgreSQL version or O/S, so we can't even be sure that is *

*an option. That is why I stated "I cannot confirm".*

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