Re: size of units in postgresql.conf

Why is it different for different directives?
It seems like it would make maintenance a lot easier if
we knew all the unit were bytes or kbytes by default.
Are human readable variables supported (ie 12M , 11K) ?
If not, can that be my feature request?
Thanks.

Neil Conway wrote:
> On Wed, 29 May 2002 16:12:51 -0400
> "Vincent Stoessel" <vincent(at)xaymaca(dot)com> wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>Quick question: what is the unit of memory size used in postgresql.conf?
>>bytes? kilobytes?
>>Is the base unit consistent for every field ?
>
>
> No, it depends on the specific configuration directive. The
> documentation describes what each variable controls and the unit
> is is specified in:
>
> http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/runtime-config.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> Neil
>

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