Re: Proposal: knowing detail of config files via SQL

David G Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> Tom Lane-2 wrote
>> regression=# alter system reset timezone;
>> ALTER SYSTEM
>> regression=# select pg_reload_conf();

> How does someone know that performing the above commands will result in the
> TimeZone setting being changed from Asia/Shanghai to US/Eastern?

Is that a requirement, and if so why?  Because this proposal doesn't
guarantee any such knowledge AFAICS.
        regards, tom lane