Re: Problem wth postgresql.conf

From: Brad Nicholson <bnichols(at)ca(dot)afilias(dot)info>
To: Григорий Никоноров <grigory(dot)nikonorov(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: Problem wth postgresql.conf
Date: 2008-09-08 20:36:49
Message-ID: 1220906209.6179.238.camel@bnicholson-desktop
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On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 11:28 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> "=?KOI8-R?B?59LJx8/Sycog7snLz87P0s/X?=" <grigory(dot)nikonorov(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > FATAL: syntax error in file "/opt/PostgreSQL/8.3/data/postgresql.conf" line
> > 108, near token "MB"
> > How can i fix it ?
>
> > shared_buffers = 128MB # min 128kB or max_connections*16kB
>
> I think you need quotes here:
>
> shared_buffers = '128MB'
>

Pretty sure you don't need quotes (checking a running 8.3 instance -
nope, no quotes).

I'll bet you are using an older version of PG binaries to try and start
the databases. Postgres did not recognize units like MB prior to 8.2.
If you try and start an 8.3 cluster with an older binary, it will throw
this error (I did this by mistake on a test cluster last week, I
recognize the error).

Make sure that you are using the PG 8.3 binaries. Run

pg_ctl --version

If that's not 8.3.x, that's your problem.
--
Brad Nicholson 416-673-4106
Database Administrator, Afilias Canada Corp.

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