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 Simon Riggs
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: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review]  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses 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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On 3 July 2013 07:45, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila@huawei.com> wrote:
 
> postgresql.auto.conf is similar enough to postgresql.conf that it will
prevent tab completion from working as it does now. As a result it will
cause
> people to bring that file up for editing when we wish to avoid that.

  This new file postgresql.auto.conf will be created inside a new directory
"config", so both will be in different directories.
  Will there be any confusion with tab completion for different directories?

Tab completion will not be confused, no.

But I think everything else will be. How will I know that some settings have been set by ALTER SYSTEM and some by other means?


Sounds to me like a recipe for chaos. I hope nobody is calling for a commit on this anytime soon. I think the whole thing needs some careful thought and review before we commit this.

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