Is this described in the documentation somewhere?
Is there an alternative way to read out what the system thinks that these TCP-related configuration values are set to?
Thanks!
-- Alan
________________________________________
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2017 10:20 AM
To: Robertson, Alan L
Cc: Postgres Bug
Subject: Re: ALTER SYSTEM for tcp_keepalives_idle doesn't show up with the SHOW command.
"Robertson, Alan L" <Alan.Robertson@charter.com> writes:
> Dear Postgres Bug list,
> I read about the ALTER SYSTEM command at https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/sql-altersystem.html and an
articleat
> http://paquier.xyz/postgresql-2/postgres-9-4-feature-highlight-alter-system-set-for-dynamic-configuration/
> and his example worked exactly as it should. However, when I tried with tcp_keepalives_idle, updates the auto.conf
fileas it should, but does not show up in the SHOW command... I tried it with the value 60, or '60' - didn't seem to
makeany difference...
I think the keepalive settings will read as zero unless your connection
is actually over TCP (ie not a unix socket).
regards, tom lane
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