Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A6C74770DE for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:19:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from window.monsterlabs.com (window.monsterlabs.com [216.183.105.176]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 583C9477046 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:18:53 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 1349 invoked from network); 13 Jan 2003 20:18:53 -0000 Received: from cthulhu.monsterlabs.com (216.248.12.218) by 0 with SMTP; 13 Jan 2003 20:18:53 -0000 Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:18:51 -0600 Subject: Re: GUC/postgresql.conf docs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v482) Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org, pgsql-general@postgresql.org To: Tom Lane From: Thomas F.O'Connell In-Reply-To: <4818.1042488339@sss.pgh.pa.us> Message-Id: <3B03D006-2734-11D7-AD8E-00306596B4E8@monsterlabs.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.482) X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200301/24 X-Sequence-Number: 1624 I just wanted to make sure the list was exhaustive. What of those that are marked "startup or postgresql.conf"? Do those respond to pg_ctl reload if modified in postgresql.conf while postmaster is running? Thanks! -tfo On Monday, January 13, 2003, at 02:05 , Tom Lane wrote: > "Thomas O'Connell" writes: >> is it posted anywhere which GUC variables are reset upon pg_ctl reload >> and which require a pg_ctl restart to take effect? > > The ones for which the Admin Guide says "this can only be set at server > start" are in the latter class. > > regards, tom lane