Re: another idea for changing global configuration settings from SQL

Euler Taveira <euler@timbira.com>

From: Euler Taveira <euler@timbira.com>

To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2012-11-16T15:26:56Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

On 16-11-2012 12:59, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Another way might be something like
> 
> SET GLOBAL name = value
> 
That's the exact syntax I'm about to propose for this feature (changing
settings using SQL).

Are you thinking about allowing changing all configuration settings or just a
subset of it? As said by others, using pg_db_role_setting only works for
sighup, superuser, and user context. How would you solve the backend and
postmaster context?

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