Ron Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The most unambiguous behavior would be to not have > commented out values in the config file at all.
Yeah, Robert Treat suggested that upthread, and I think it's been pushed by others too. The only argument I can see against it is that it'll take longer for the system to process such a file; but do we really care about a few more microseconds to respond to SIGHUP? This does not address the problem that changing PGC_POSTMASTER values in the file won't do anything without a postmaster restart. Greg Stark's suggestion of marking each PGC_POSTMASTER variable with a warning comment in postgresql.conf seems reasonable to me, though. So, the low-tech solution to these gripes seems to be: * uncomment all the entries in postgresql.conf * add comments to flag the values that can't be changed by SIGHUP Can we agree on taking these measures? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq