On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Tom Smith <tomsmith1989sk@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Can setting be appended to the end of the postgresql.conf > so that it will override whatever is already in the previous version. > For example > > the existing postgresql.conf already has setting > > max_connections = 100 > > in the middle of file. > > Now I append a line as the end of the file, regardless what is set already > max_connections = 500 > > will this setting at the end of the file be guranteed effective value? > > I am trying to do this way as I want keep all my changes at the end of the > file > in one place for easy maintenance.
The last value read for a parameter is the effective one. This counts as well for included configuration files. The configuration file managed by ALTER SYSTEM has the priority over the rest. -- Michael
