Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review]) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])
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In response to Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On 07/17/2013 03:17 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2013-07-17 17:05:40 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> Robert Haas escribió:
>>
>>> This feature doesn't strike me as a good candidate for regression
>>> testing anyway.  Keep in mind that people are intended to be able to
>>> run make installcheck against a deployed system without messing it up.
>>
>> This is my opinion as well.
>
> Setting and resetting a GUC like pg_regress.test_var or so shouldn't be
> too invasive. Some minimal testing seems like a good idea to me.

Also, we can "make check" even if we don't "make installcheck".

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