Re: Proposal: knowing detail of config files via SQL

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David G Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Proposal: knowing detail of config files via SQL
Date: 2015-01-22 22:04:22
Message-ID: 12299.1421964262@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David G Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane-2 wrote
>> regression=# alter system reset timezone;
>> ALTER SYSTEM
>> regression=# select pg_reload_conf();

> How does someone know that performing the above commands will result in the
> TimeZone setting being changed from Asia/Shanghai to US/Eastern?

Is that a requirement, and if so why? Because this proposal doesn't
guarantee any such knowledge AFAICS.

regards, tom lane

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