Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com> writes: > Josh Berkus wrote: >> Right. What I'm saying is that if it *didn't* require a sighup, then >> users could cronjob starting and stopping Autovac themselves.
> Hmm, I'm not sure I understand what you're suggesting. Maybe what you > want is that we have a SQL-accesible function that sends SIGHUP to the > postmaster? Like, say, pg_reload_conf()? But actually a cron job would almost certainly find it more pleasant to use pg_ctl reload and never bother with a database connection at all. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers