Re: SQL command to edit postgresql.conf, with comments

On 10/14/2010 01:10 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Josh Berkus<josh@agliodbs.com>  wrote:
>>> Sure. I just lose comments. I'll live with that.
>> Actually, as part of this scheme, it would be nice if pg_settings had a
>> "comment" column, which would be optionally set with SET PERMANENT.  Not
>> required, but nice to have.
>>
>> If we had that, I suspect that a lot fewer people would want a hand-edited
>> file.
> I have to say that I'm woefully unimpressed by the idea of trying to
> do anything with comments other than ignore them, even something this
> simple.  There's no obvious way to know which comments go with which
> settings.   You can make up a rule, such as "on the same line", but
> it's not necessarily going to be what people want.  I think it's
> better to sidestep the issue entirely.

If the file is completely machine-maintained, including the comments, it 
seems eminently doable. It's only if the file gets mangled by humans 
that there's a problem.

cheers

andrew