Thanks at lot. -----Original Message----- From: Albe Laurenz [mailto:laurenz.albe@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 1:22 PM To: Khangelani Gama *EXTERN*; pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Need help on autovacuum in postgres 9.1.2 Khangelani Gama wrote: > I need help in turning off autovacuum in the Database that's running postgres 9.1.2 DB. I tried to > turn it off by putting "off" in postgresql.cont file and restarted the postmaster but when I run "show > autovacuum; " query I still see autovacuum set on inside the database. > > autovacuum > ------------ > on > (1 row) > > postgresql.conf currently looks as follows. Should I remove the hash sign that's before "autovacuum = > off" ? > > #autovacuum = off # Enable autovacuum subprocess? 'on' [snip] Exactly. See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/config-setting.html "Hash marks (#) designate the rest of the line as a comment." Yours, Laurenz Albe CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The contents of and attachments to this e-mail are intended for the addressee only, and may contain the confidential information of Argility (Proprietary) Limited and/or its subsidiaries. Any review, use or dissemination thereof by anyone other than the intended addressee is prohibited. If you are not the intended addressee please notify the writer immediately and destroy the e-mail. Argility (Proprietary) Limited and its subsidiaries distance themselves from and accept no liability for unauthorised use of their e-mail facilities or e-mails sent other than strictly for business purposes. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
