Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> writes:
>>> The documentation says to use:
>>> include 'filename'
>>> Which fails with a generic error.
>>
>> What generic error?
> Error: Invalid line 496 in /etc/postgresql/8.3/main/postgresql.conf: »include 'filename' « failed!
> This is with a Debian PostgreSQL 8.3.
There is no such error message in Postgres 8.3 (or any other version).
I speculate that you are dealing with some bit of Debian-provided script
that tries to parse the config file but doesn't know enough to do it
correctly.
regards, tom lane
