Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: [HACKERS] Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:15:08 -0700 

* Bruce Momjian (br...@momjian.us) wrote:
> Agreed, but I think this is a much larger issue than ALTER SYSTEM SET.

Yeah, true.

> I think changing behavior to first-seen would only add to confusion. 
> What we really need is a WARNING when a later postgresql.conf setting
> overrides an earlier one, and ALTER SYSTEM SET's config file could
> behave the same, so you would know right away when you were overriding
> something in postgresql.conf that appeared earlier.

A warning would be nice.  If only everyone read the log files. :/

        Thanks,

                Stephen

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