Re: [PATCH] Stop ALTER SYSTEM from making bad assumptions

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Ian Barwick <ian(dot)barwick(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop ALTER SYSTEM from making bad assumptions
Date: 2019-08-05 18:43:51
Message-ID: CA+TgmobRpgiqCZ_FMUeDW4RM1W+RzT4HA2xSQy=QMcfv=X47jw@mail.gmail.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 2:42 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> I don't think we need to go on about it at great length, but it seems
> to me that it'd be reasonable to point out that (a) you'd be well
> advised not to touch the file while the postmaster is up, and (b)
> last setting wins. Those things are equally true of postgresql.conf
> of course, but I don't recall whether they're already documented.

OK, fair enough.

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Robert Haas 2019-08-05 18:47:39 Re: [PATCH] Stop ALTER SYSTEM from making bad assumptions
Previous Message Tom Lane 2019-08-05 18:42:51 Re: [PATCH] Stop ALTER SYSTEM from making bad assumptions