"Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tony Caduto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> However I was under the impression that if I did a pg_reload_conf(), the >> pg_settings view would be updated at that time, but that does not seem to >> happen.
I repeated Tony's result (Win32): Welcome to psql 8.1RC1, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. Type: \copyright for distribution terms \h for help with SQL commands \? for help with psql commands \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query \q to quit test=# select setting from pg_settings where name = 'constraint_exclusion'; setting --------- off (1 row) test=# select pg_reload_conf(); pg_reload_conf ---------------- t (1 row) test=# select setting from pg_settings where name = 'constraint_exclusion'; setting --------- off (1 row) test=# LOG: received SIGHUP, reloading configuration files test=# select setting from pg_settings where name = 'constraint_exclusion'; setting --------- off (1 row) test=# select setting from pg_settings where name = 'constraint_exclusion'; setting --------- on (1 row) -- Seems that's due to delay of process SIGHUP ... ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly