Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> No you don't. All you need is the output of the pg_settings view.
>> Or at least, if that's insufficient, let's discuss exactly how.
> I can read the settings. How do I write them, if the only interface to
> write them is to deal with the file as a complete unit?
You write the file as a unit --- what's the problem? We already agreed
that the GUIs would not be trying to preserve comments in the file.
regards, tom lane