Re: Proposal: knowing detail of config files via SQL

On 4/29/15 5:16 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 2:40 PM, David Steele <david@pgmasters.net> wrote:
>>   <para>
>>    The view <structname>pg_file_settings</structname> provides access to
>> run-time parameters
>>    that are defined in configuration files via SQL.  In contrast to
>>    <structname>pg_settings</structname> a row is provided for each
>> occurrence
>>    of the parameter in a configuration file.  This is helpful for
>> discovering why one value
>>    may have been used in preference to another when the parameters were
>> loaded.
>>   </para>
>
> This seems to imply that this gives information about only a subset of
> configuration files; specifically, those auto-generated based on SQL
> commands - i.e. postgresql.conf.auto.  But I think it's supposed to
> give information about all configuration files, regardless of how
> generated.  Am I wrong?  If not, I'd suggest "run-time parameters that
> are defined in configuration files via SQL" -> "run-time parameters
> stored in configuration files".

The view does give information about all configuration files regardless
of how they were created.

That's what I intended the text to say but I think your phrasing is clearer.

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- David Steele
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