Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: >> One thing that truly annoys me about postgresql.conf is say I unhash an >> option and set it to something. Then I reload. Then I edit the conf >> and hash it out again, then I reload. Of course, the option still has >> my old value. This is really annoying and I've wasted lots of time >> trying to figure out what's going on.
> Seems we could easily fix this by reading the config file, marking the > entries we found, and setting all the rest to default values, basically > pretending they were all specified as defaults in the config file. We've discussed that and rejected it as a bad idea before. The only real problem I see is that showing all the values as comments encourages the idea that you can undo a change by undoing your edit. The simple and obvious fix is to not show the values as comments ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html