Re: pgAdmin Crashes After Changing Timezone Setting

From: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: "Rommel the iCeMAn" <icecrew(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "PgAdmin Support" <pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgAdmin Crashes After Changing Timezone Setting
Date: 2008-03-18 11:36:35
Message-ID: 937d27e10803180436q433f1cecx9a20d5d94a777baa@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Rommel the iCeMAn <icecrew(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I tried manually editing the postgresql.conf file in Notepad but when I
> reload PostgreSQL it ignores the entry in the config file and defaults to
> 'Canada/Atlantic' time zone. I am using pgAdmin3 v1.8.2.99 and Postgresql
> 8.3.0. I am able to reproduce this error with PostgreSQL 8.3.0 running on
> Windows XP SP2, Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows 2003 SP1. Am I doing something
> incorrectly?

I've fixed the bug in pgAdmin for 1.8.3 (hint: edit the timezone
setting, not TimeZone).

Iirc, the timezone can only be changed with a full restart of
PostgreSQL, so you need to stop and start the service, not just tell
it to reload the config file.

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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK Ltd: http://www.enterprisedb.com
PostgreSQL UK 2008 Conference: http://www.postgresql.org.uk

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