From: Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Cc: Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com>
Subject: Re: Overhauling GUCS
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:02:31 -0400
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On Thursday 05 June 2008 15:15:14 Greg Smith wrote:
> (1) is in that proposal but is strictly optional as something to put in
> the configuration file itself. The idea behind (2) is to enable tool
> authors to have an easier way to suggest where to head for more
> information. I'd like for it to be trivial for a tool to say "Suggested
> value for <x> is <y>; see
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/runtime-config-resource.html
> for more information". I know what most of the settings I tinker with do,
> but even I'd like it to be easier to find the right spot in the manual;
> for newbies it's vital. You are correct that (2) isn't strictly necessary
> here, but it's valuable and will be easier to wrap into this than to bolt
> on later.
>
One idea I have been kicking around is having every guc have a anchor in the
website (rahter than anchoring on parameter family). It might be enough to
just populate the search bot with every guc anchored to family though...
--
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
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