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Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])

Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>

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From: Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Amit kapila <amit.kapila@huawei.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb@cybertec.at>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Date: 2013-07-17T22:17:35Z
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On 2013-07-17 17:05:40 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Robert Haas escribió:
> 
> > This feature doesn't strike me as a good candidate for regression
> > testing anyway.  Keep in mind that people are intended to be able to
> > run make installcheck against a deployed system without messing it up.
> 
> This is my opinion as well.

Setting and resetting a GUC like pg_regress.test_var or so shouldn't be
too invasive. Some minimal testing seems like a good idea to me.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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