> Christopher Kings-Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Shouldn't it revert to the default value? > > No, not unless you think the postmaster should react to comments in the > postgresql.conf file, which is rather against my idea of a comment. > > However, you're not the first to get burnt by this mis-assumption, > so maybe we should do something about it. > > The low-tech solution to this would be to stop listing the default > values as commented-out entries, but just make them ordinary uncommented > entries. That way people who think "undoing my edit will revert the > change" would be right. > > Or we could try to make it actually work the way you seem to be > expecting. The only implementation I can think of is to reset GUC > variables to defaults just before scanning the .conf file ... ------
I have to say we never had any problems or misconception with how it currently works, but if this has to be changed I'd rather vote for the low-tech solution. Mike. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])