| From: | Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Units in postgresql.conf |
| Date: | 2006-07-20 16:42:01 |
| Message-ID: | 44BFB259.2060203@joeconway.com |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> One frequent source of confusion are the different units that the parameters
> in postgresql.conf use. shared_buffers is in 8 kB, work_mem is in 1 kB;
> bgwriter_delay is in milliseconds, checkpoint_warning is in seconds.
> Obviously, we can't change that without inconveniencing a lot of users.
>
> I think it would be useful to allow units to be added to these settings, for
> example
<snip>
>
> I haven't thought yet how to parse or implement this, but would people find
> this useful?
+1
I'd find this useful myself, and I think it would eliminate many
mistakes by newer admins.
Joe
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