Re: TODO questions

Robert Treat wrote:
> I've always been of the impression that this idea just wont work. For
> example, if I set shared_buffers to some number, start my database, then
> comment the line out and "reload" my conf file, it just isnt going to reset
> to the default. (Or at least to make it do so requires a *lot* more work than
> just modifing the guc / conf file mechanisms).

True, but you can't modify shared_buffers anyway unless you restart, so
people should realize that.

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> IMHO the suggestion to just uncomment out all of the variables to begin with
> would cut down on confusion a great deal and actually be easy to implement,
> and as such is probably the way to go for now.
>
> Robert Treat
>
> On Wednesday 24 August 2005 15:43, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > OK, TODO updated:
> >
> > o %Allow commenting of variables in postgresql.conf to restore them
> > to defaults
> >
> > Currently, if a variable is commented out, it keeps the
> > previous uncommented value until a server restarted.
> > Logically, a reload should set the same values as a
> > server restart.
> >
> >
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> >
> > Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 03:11:31PM -0400, Greg Stark wrote:
> > > > In every other system I've seen, when you "reload" a config file the
> > > > system goes through the exact same process (semantically at least) that
> > > > it does when starting up. Ie, it start with a fresh slate of defaults
> > > > and loads the config file which sets parameters and overrides those
> > > > defaults.
> > >
> > > I think this is a good summary of the desired behavior, and that it
> > > should be added to the TODO description.
> > > --
> > > Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com
> > > Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com 512-569-9461
>
> --
> Robert Treat
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>

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