Hi,
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 08:43:53PM -0500, imagene...@gmail.com wrote:
> The questions are:
>
> 1. Has var expansion in configuration files been contemplated?
> 2. Why not do it?
Several years ago on the -hackers list (I couldn't say how many, but I
was still supervising the database operatio
imagene...@gmail.com wrote
> The questions are:
>
> 1. Has var expansion in configuration files been contemplated?
> 2. Why not do it?
1. Probably
2. More important things to focus on; distros/installers all have their own
idea of what is "best" so the decisions have been left to these OS-specifi
The questions are:
1. Has var expansion in configuration files been contemplated?
2. Why not do it?
So the presumed workflow is that:
1. There is no support for environment variable expansion in configuration
files
2. Use of environment variable values should only be passed to the
"postgres" on
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 06:54:31PM -0500, imagene...@gmail.com wrote:
> Is it possible to use environment variables in postgresql.conf and perhaps
> related configuration files?
>
> For example, I would like to use an env variable to specify the data
> directory.
On top of what John Pierce says i
On 11/30/2013 3:54 PM, imagene...@gmail.com wrote:
Is it possible to use environment variables in postgresql.conf and
perhaps related configuration files?
For example, I would like to use an env variable to specify the data
directory.
that specific case is generally handled not via postgres
Is it possible to use environment variables in postgresql.conf and perhaps
related configuration files?
For example, I would like to use an env variable to specify the data
directory.
