On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM Nikolay Shaplov <dh...@nataraj.su> wrote: > > Nobody would guess that > > > > ALTER TABLE test SET (vacuum_truncate=false); > > means "off" > > > > and > > ALTER TABLE test RESET (vacuum_truncate); > > means "system_default" > > > > This will lead to a lot of confusion. > > I agree that this confuses people, but I don't think it's more > confusing here than for other vacuum reloptions. I have seen people > try to unset vacuum reloptions by using SET to configure them to the > default value rather than by using RESET to remove them. But then > later they change the system default and that table is still nailed to > the old default. I always find myself slightly bemused by this, > because it doesn't seem that hard to me to figure out how it actually > works, but it's definitely a real issue. However, I don't see why the > issue is any more acute for this parameter than any other, and it > certainly does not seem like a good idea to make this parameter work > differently from the other ones. > > +1 David J.
