Re: list append syntax for postgresql.conf

2019-02-22 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On 2019-02-21 18:18, Robert Haas wrote: > Another off-ball idea is to maybe allow something like > shared_preload_statements.pg_stat_statments = 1. The server would > load all libraries X for which shared_preload_statements.X is set to a > value that is one of the ways we spell a true value for a

Re: list append syntax for postgresql.conf

2019-02-21 Thread Robert Haas
On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 10:15 AM Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Nowadays there are a number of methods for composing multiple > postgresql.conf files for modularity. But if you have a bunch of things > you want to load via shared_preload_libraries, you have to put them all > in one setting. How

Re: list append syntax for postgresql.conf

2019-02-20 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut writes: > Nowadays there are a number of methods for composing multiple > postgresql.conf files for modularity. But if you have a bunch of things > you want to load via shared_preload_libraries, you have to put them all > in one setting. How about some kind of syntax for

Re: list append syntax for postgresql.conf

2019-02-20 Thread Chapman Flack
On 2/20/19 10:54 AM, Joe Conway wrote: >> shared_preload_libraries += 'pg_stat_statements' > > I like the idea, but presume it would apply to any GUC list, not just > shared_preload_libraries? It would be nice if there were some way for extensions to declare GUC lists (the very thing that

Re: list append syntax for postgresql.conf

2019-02-20 Thread David G. Johnston
On Wednesday, February 20, 2019, Peter Eisentraut < peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > Nowadays there are a number of methods for composing multiple > postgresql.conf files for modularity. But if you have a bunch of things > you want to load via shared_preload_libraries, you have to put

Re: list append syntax for postgresql.conf

2019-02-20 Thread Joe Conway
On 2/20/19 10:15 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Nowadays there are a number of methods for composing multiple > postgresql.conf files for modularity. But if you have a bunch of things > you want to load via shared_preload_libraries, you have to put them all > in one setting. How about some kind

Re: list append syntax for postgresql.conf

2019-02-20 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Peter Eisentraut 2019-02-20 <74af1f60-34af-633e-ee8a-310d40c74...@2ndquadrant.com> > Nowadays there are a number of methods for composing multiple > postgresql.conf files for modularity. But if you have a bunch of things > you want to load via shared_preload_libraries, you have to put them

Re: list append syntax for postgresql.conf

2019-02-20 Thread Euler Taveira
Em qua, 20 de fev de 2019 às 12:15, Peter Eisentraut escreveu: > > Nowadays there are a number of methods for composing multiple > postgresql.conf files for modularity. But if you have a bunch of things > you want to load via shared_preload_libraries, you have to put them all > in one setting.

list append syntax for postgresql.conf

2019-02-20 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Nowadays there are a number of methods for composing multiple postgresql.conf files for modularity. But if you have a bunch of things you want to load via shared_preload_libraries, you have to put them all in one setting. How about some kind of syntax for appending something to a list, like