Re: Getting the value of a config parameter in runtime

Jaume Sabater a écrit :
> [...]
> Sorry to ask this, I had it noted down but now I cannot find it and
> I've been googling for 30 minutes now without success. There is a way
> to query the system database to get the current value of a
> configuration parameter, something in the form of SELECT value FROM
> some_table WHERE field_name = 'archive_command', or similar, can't
> remember, honestly. Or perhaps something more generic which was
> filtered with greps, tails, heads and cuts.
>
> Would someone be so kind as to point me at the right page or remind me
> the way it was done?
>

Table is pg_settings, and your field_name should be name.

Regards.

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