"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > IMO this should all be in the database and that's it. The idea that our > global settings are in a file seems unusual consider we have a > perfectly good storage engine available.
The sufficient reason why not is that many of these settings must be available before we can read the database. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate