Thom Brown wrote: > On 22 September 2010 17:23, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > > Robert Haas wrote: > >> [server] > >> guc=value > >> > >> or > >> > >> server.guc=value > > ?^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > Yes, this was my idea too. ?It uses our existing config file format. > > > > So... > > sync_rep_services = {critical: recv=2, fsync=2, replay=1; > important: fsync=3; > reporting: recv=2, apply=1} > > becomes ... > > sync_rep_services.critical.recv = 2 > sync_rep_services.critical.fsync = 2 > sync_rep_services.critical.replay = 2 > sync_rep_services.important.fsync = 3 > sync_rep_services.reporting.recv = 2 > sync_rep_services.reporting.apply = 1 > > I actually started to give this example to demonstrate how cumbersome > it would look... but now that I've just typed it out, I've changed my > mind. I actually like it!
It can be prone to mistyping, but it seems simple enough. We already through a nice error for mistypes in the sever logs. :-) I don't think we support 3rd level specifications, but we could. Looks very Java-ish. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers