Re: [HACKERS] Units in postgresql.conf -- How to report?

2006-07-25 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Jim C. Nasby wrote: > On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 08:48:34AM +0200, Albe Laurenz wrote: > > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > So assuming we allowed units in postgresql.conf, how would you > > > report them with SHOW? > > > > > > 1. The way they were set (hard) > > > > > > 2. Without units (not user-friend

Re: [HACKERS] Units in postgresql.conf -- How to report?

2006-07-25 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 08:48:34AM +0200, Albe Laurenz wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > So assuming we allowed units in postgresql.conf, how would you report > > them with SHOW? > > > > 1. The way they were set (hard) > > > > 2. Without units (not user-friendly) > > > > 3. Always in base un

Re: [HACKERS] Units in postgresql.conf -- How to report?

2006-07-24 Thread Albe Laurenz
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > So assuming we allowed units in postgresql.conf, how would you report > them with SHOW? > > 1. The way they were set (hard) > > 2. Without units (not user-friendly) > > 3. Always in base units (seconds or bytes) > > 4. The largest unit that gives an integer > > (4) s

Re: [HACKERS] Units in postgresql.conf -- How to report?

2006-07-24 Thread David Fetter
On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 11:13:53PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > So assuming we allowed units in postgresql.conf, how would you report > them with SHOW? > > 1. The way they were set (hard) > > 2. Without units (not user-friendly) > > 3. Always in base units (seconds or bytes) > > 4. The lar

[HACKERS] Units in postgresql.conf -- How to report?

2006-07-24 Thread Peter Eisentraut
So assuming we allowed units in postgresql.conf, how would you report them with SHOW? 1. The way they were set (hard) 2. Without units (not user-friendly) 3. Always in base units (seconds or bytes) 4. The largest unit that gives an integer (4) seems the most reasonable to me in terms of inter