Re: SQL command to edit postgresql.conf, with comments - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
>>   SELECT pg_load_conf('path/to/filename.conf', permament => true);
>
> That seems like a pretty bizarre idea.  The settings wouldn't be
> persistent would they?  Or are you proposing this as a substitute
> way of providing input for SET PERMANENT?  If so what's the value?

Yeah, it only has value if those two conditions are met:1. there's a single source file possible for the
configuration2.it's not in the format you'd like it to be for easy hand editing
 

As the premise aren't reached, I agree such a function would have no value.
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Dimitri Fontaine
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