Got it. Thanks very much
On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 11:25 PM, Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Tom Smith <tomsmith1989sk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can setting be appended to the end of the postgresql.conf
> so that it will override whatever is already in the previous version.
> For example
>
> the existing postgresql.conf already has setting
>
> max_connections = 100
>
> in the middle of file.
>
> Now I append a line as the end of the file, regardless what is set already
> max_connections = 500
>
> will this setting at the end of the file be guranteed effective value?
>
> I am trying to do this way as I want keep all my changes at the end of the
> file
> in one place for easy maintenance.
The last value read for a parameter is the effective one. This counts
as well for included configuration files. The configuration file
managed by ALTER SYSTEM has the priority over the rest.
--
Michael
