On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Greg Smith <g...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> I wasn't complaining that the change isn't instant. I understand that can't > be done. But I think the signal to reload should be sent. If people > execute SET PERSISTENT, and it doesn't actually do anything until the server > is next restarted, they will be very surprised. It's OK if it doesn't do > anything for a second, or until new sessions connect, because that's just > how SIGHUP/session variables work. That's a documentation issue. Not > reloading the config at all, I think that's going to trigger a ton of future > support problems. Think also about the case where someone wants to change multiple values together and having just some set and not others would be inconsistent. I can see you're right about surprising users but is there not another way to solve the same problem without making that impossible? -- greg -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers