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From: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 06:52:14 -0700
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Subject: Re: Confirming precedence order of Default for GUCs
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On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, Manav Kumar <mkumar@yugabyte.com> wrote:
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> But in the https://arc.net/l/quote/qnpjwhcw (DOCS) it says ALTER
> DATABASE/ROLE can override the cmd line options passed in startup packet.
>

The docs do not say that and in fact do not describe how packet startup
options interplay with user/database settings - at least not explicitly.

The fact Tom had to point to the source code for this suggests our
documentation could use some improvement.

David J.

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On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, Manav Kumar &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mkumar@yugaby=
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 fact do not describe how packet startup options interplay with user/databa=
se settings - at least not explicitly.</div><div><br></div><div>The fact To=
m had to point to the source code for this suggests our documentation could=
 use some improvement.</div><div><br></div><div>David J.</div><div><br></di=
v>

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