Re: alternative DB locations

Jeff Hoffmann writes:

> not to be pedantic, but just to make sure, i looked in the 7.0 docs and
> it says it plain as day on the "alternate locations" section from the
> admin guide, second paragraph "This
> environment variable must have been defined before the backend was
> started" this is an incredibly common question for being spelled out
> that directly in the documentation. this statement should probably be
> bold or italic or otherwise emphasized, since it is such an important
> point and apparently very easily overlooked. maybe tom lockhart & the
> other document editors will look kindly on this suggestion to alleviate
> some new user headaches in the future.

The documentation for 7.1 emphasizes this point a bit more. See

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/admin/managing-databases.htm#AEN2065

If something is still less than optimially clear, please submit a
suggested new wording.

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