David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Sep 28, 2006, at 16:39, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
>
> > +1. I was just at a client today that had run into this problem.
> >
> > Actually, I'm in favor of refusing to start if autovac is on but the
> > proper stats settings aren't. I'd rather that then people ending up
> > with
> > bloated databases and crappy performance.
>
> I agree, but I figured that this was a start, at least.
The problem with refusing to start is that autovacuum is sighup, so you
might modify postgresql.conf and do a server restart, and then the
server doesn't start. Are people OK with that?
I did apply the postgresql.conf comment addition.
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