On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 05:14:24PM -0300, Bruno Almeida do Lago wrote: > I was looking for a parameter on postgresql.conf to increase the WAL > segments size, but according to documentation this can only be changed while > building PostgreSQL. You mean this: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-CHECKPOINT-SEGMENTS ? That doesn't say you have to set it at compile time. You can't change it without _restarting_ Postgres. That's because it's something that has to be initialized at start up. A -- Andrew Sullivan Old sigs will return after re-constitution of blue smoke ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings