Re: Permanent settings

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-hackers-
> owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Magnus Hagander
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:36 AM
> To: pgsql-hackers
> Subject: [HACKERS] Permanent settings
>
> What I'd really like to see is something like a new keyword on the SET
> command, so you could to SET PERMANENT foo=bar, which would write the
> configuration back into postgresql.conf.


How about putting an indicator in the postgresql.conf file dynamic=1 and
then the db could manage the file else the dynamic change wouldn't stick
on a restart?  You wouldn't need to add a new keyword this way and less
likely for a DBA to mess up the syntax.


Jon