On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Amir Rohan <amir.ro...@zoho.com> wrote: > On 10/08/2015 02:38 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> Amir Rohan <amir.ro...@zoho.com> writes: >>> Comments? >> >> ISTM that all of the "functional" parts of this are superseded by >> pg_file_settings; > > To use the new pg_file_settings view you need: > 1( 9.5+ > 2( a running server > > The feature is describes as follows in a97e0c3354ace5d74 > >> The information returned includes the configuration file name, line >> number in that file, sequence number indicating when the parameter is >> loaded )useful to see if it is later masked by another definition of >> the same parameter(, parameter name, and what it is set to at that >> point. This information is updated on reload of the server. > > None of which has much overlap in purpose with what I was suggesting, so > I don't see why you think it actually makes it redundant.
I think Tom's point is that if you want to see whether the file reloads without errors, you can use this view for that. That would catch stuff like wal_level=lgocial and default_transaction_isolation='read_committed'. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
