On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 11:15, Edwin New wrote: > I have tried changing the value of max_connections in > Postgresql.conf. It was commented out (as are all other entries > except "tcpip_socket = true"). Setting it to any other value that the > default 32 resulted in the server failing to restart.
Without knowing the error message you got, it's possible that you didn't increase shared_buffers to correspond to the newly increased max_connections. If you increase shared_buffers, then you're probably exceeding the system SysV shared memory restrictions. See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/kernel-resources.html#SYSVIPC -Neil ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]