Re: stats_block_level

Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> So maybe the *real* question to ask is why we have separate GUCs for
>> stats_row_level and stats_block_level.  Shouldn't we fold them into a
>> single switch?  It's hard to see what having just one of them turned on
>> will save.

> Any reason not to just fold them both into stats_start_collector ?

Well, then you couldn't turn collection on and off without restarting
the postmaster, which might be a pain.
        regards, tom lane