On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 03:33:24PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Joshua Tolley <eggyknap@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The documentation for commit_delay and commit_siblings doesn't mention whether
> > a reload or restart is required to set them. I recommend something like the
> > trivial attached docs patch to make it clear(er) that a reload is required.
>
> These parameters are PGC_USERSET - a reload is not the only way to change them.
>
> Of course, changing any parameter in postgresql.conf won't take effect
> unless you reload, but the point of that sentence, in the other places
> where we use it, is that you can't change those parameters using
> things like ALTER DATABASE ... SET, ALTER USER ... SET, just plain
> SET, etc.
Ah, you're right. My mistake -- thanks.
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