> Jeff Hoffmann writes:
>
> > not to be pedantic, but just to make sure, i looked in the 7.0 docs and
> > it says it plain as day on the "alternate locations" section from the
> > admin guide, second paragraph "This
> > environment variable must have been defined before the backend was
> > started" this is an incredibly common question for being spelled out
> > that directly in the documentation. this statement should probably be
> > bold or italic or otherwise emphasized, since it is such an important
> > point and apparently very easily overlooked. maybe tom lockhart & the
> > other document editors will look kindly on this suggestion to alleviate
> > some new user headaches in the future.
>
> The documentation for 7.1 emphasizes this point a bit more. See
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/admin/managing-databases.htm#AEN2065
>
> If something is still less than optimially clear, please submit a
> suggested new wording.
The current SGML stated it had to be set before the "backend" was
started. It says "postmaster" now.
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