Re: 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 Greg Stark
Subject Re: 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: Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])  (Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>)
Responses Re: Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])  (Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>)
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On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndquadrant.fr> wrote:
> we should review the implementation choice of the ALTER
> SYSTEM SET facility, and vote for having one-file-per-GUC.

Zombie crazy design idea arise!

I think people are going to laugh at us if an open source database
software can't manage a simple flat file database of settings,
especially one that is purely write-only and can be a simple dump of
settings that are set by alter system.

-- 
greg



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