Re: Converting postgresql.conf parameters to kilobytes

On Wednesday 02 June 2004 20:59, Tom Lane wrote:
> Frank Wiles <frank@wiles.org> writes:
> >   This may be an unreasonable suggestion, but how about allowing both?
> >   I've seen several configuration systems do the following:
> >
> >   shared_buffers = 10000     ( shared_buffers in pages )
> >   shared_buffers = 100M      ( 100 MBs of shared_buffers )
> >   shared_buffers = 2048K     ( 2MBs of shared_buffers )
>
> I could live with that.  I'm not sure how painful it would be to wedge
> into GUC though; and I have a feeling that it is exactly *not* what
> Shridhar would think is simpler than the present behavior ;-)

Usability POV, I could live with that. That would mean converting the GUC from 
int to string though.
Shridhar