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From: Euler Taveira <[email protected]>
To: Jeff Janes <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: "Alter system" command documentation
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:58:36 -0300
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On 15-06-2015 13:32, Jeff Janes wrote:
> From http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-altersystem.html
> 
> "Values set with ALTER SYSTEM will be effective after the next server
> configuration reload (SIGHUP or pg_ctl reload), or after the next server
> restart in the case of parameters that can only be changed at server start."
> 
> Isn't it unfortunate that the command used for changing the
> configuration file from within SQL mentions SIGHUP and pg_ctl reload,
> but not "select pg_reload_conf();", as a way to activate that change?  
> 
SIGHUP is an implementation detail. If I were to change that sentence,
my preference is replace SIGHUP with pg_reload_conf.


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   Euler Taveira                   Timbira - http://www.timbira.com.br/
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