On Wednesday 02 June 2004 20:59, Tom Lane wrote: > Frank Wiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > This may be an unreasonable suggestion, but how about allowing both? > > I've seen several configuration systems do the following: > > > > shared_buffers = 10000 ( shared_buffers in pages ) > > shared_buffers = 100M ( 100 MBs of shared_buffers ) > > shared_buffers = 2048K ( 2MBs of shared_buffers ) > > I could live with that. I'm not sure how painful it would be to wedge > into GUC though; and I have a feeling that it is exactly *not* what > Shridhar would think is simpler than the present behavior ;-)
Usability POV, I could live with that. That would mean converting the GUC from int to string though. Shridhar ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match