Re: Units in postgresql.conf

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, Josh Berkus wrote:

> Peter,
>
> > I don't understand how that is related.  Or what a conversion utility
> > would be for that matter.
>
> Well, the main issue with changing the units of the PostgreSQL.conf file
> from a user perspective is that the numbers from you 8.0/8.1 conf file
> would no longer work.   A little conversion utilitily to turn your 8.0
> file into an 8.2 file would help solve that.

Josh,

I would imagine that Peter intends to handle backward compatibility by
processing values without explicit units in the units assumed pre <8.2.

Thanks,

Gavin