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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:37:55 +0530
From: AmitKumar Jain <amitjain@synechron.com>
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To: Jaume Sabater <jsabater@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Getting the value of a config parameter in runtime
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You can configuration parameter value from psql prompt by typing
show all ;
or
show [paramter name]
e.g show shared_buffers;


Jaume Sabater wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Sorry to ask this, I had it noted down but now I cannot find it and
> I've been googling for 30 minutes now without success. There is a way
> to query the system database to get the current value of a
> configuration parameter, something in the form of SELECT value FROM
> some_table WHERE field_name = 'archive_command', or similar, can't
> remember, honestly. Or perhaps something more generic which was
> filtered with greps, tails, heads and cuts.
>
> Would someone be so kind as to point me at the right page or remind me
> the way it was done?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>