On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Gurjeet Singh <singh.gurj...@gmail.com> writes: > > On PG 8.4.4 I am unable to set per-table autovacuum setting for the > > pg_listener table. Being a superuser, I'd expect Postgres to allow me to > do > > that. > > See allow_system_table_mods. Even superusers should think twice before > fooling with system catalogs... > > :) Well, I assume a lot of thought does go into the process of altering the system table, but when it is needed, it is really needed.
In the setup that I am handling right now, LISTEN/NOTIFY gets used a lot, and allowing autovacuum to manage it with default settings is really counter productive. allow_system_table_mods needs a restart :( .Yet another parameter I wish was changeable on the fly. Regards, -- gurjeet.singh @ EnterpriseDB - The Enterprise Postgres Company http://www.EnterpriseDB.com singh.gurj...@{ gmail | yahoo }.com Twitter/Skype: singh_gurjeet Mail sent from my BlackLaptop device
