X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C1D33A5D26 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:32:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 22627-05 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:32:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tigger.fuhr.org (tigger.fuhr.org [63.214.45.158]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ABF53A5C44 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:32:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from winnie.fuhr.org (winnie.fuhr.org [10.1.0.1]) by tigger.fuhr.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0T0W8gV003220 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:32:10 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from mfuhr@winnie.fuhr.org) Received: from winnie.fuhr.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by winnie.fuhr.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0T0W8vE067113; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:32:08 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from mfuhr@winnie.fuhr.org) Received: (from mfuhr@localhost) by winnie.fuhr.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0T0W8c1067112; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:32:08 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from mfuhr) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:32:08 -0700 From: Michael Fuhr To: Tom Lane Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: SET documentation could mention ALTER USER, etc. Message-ID: <20050129003208.GA67067@winnie.fuhr.org> References: <20050129001317.GA66900@winnie.fuhr.org> <28688.1106958029@sss.pgh.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <28688.1106958029@sss.pgh.pa.us> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.002 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200501/63 X-Sequence-Number: 2822 On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 07:20:29PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Michael Fuhr writes: > > Suggestion for the SET documentation: mention that settings can be > > made permanent by editing postgresql.conf and reloading the postmater, > > or by using ALTER USER or ALTER DATABASE. > > There's already a link to section 16.4, which explains all that in > detail. Sure, but the references say things like "the run-time parameters listed in Section 16.4" and "Available parameters are documented in Section 16.4" so somebody might not think to follow the link if they already know what parameters they're interested in. It might be helpful to add another link that says, "And by the way, if you want to make the changes permanent, see Section 16.4." -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/