<entry>open cursors</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><link linkend="view-pg-file-settings"><structname>pg_file_settings</structname></link></entry>
+ <entry>file location of parameter settings</entry>
+ </row>
+
<row>
<entry><link linkend="view-pg-group"><structname>pg_group</structname></link></entry>
<entry>groups of database users</entry>
<entry>parameter settings</entry>
</row>
- <row>
- <entry><link linkend="view-pg-file-settings"><structname>pg_file_settings</structname></link></entry>
- <entry>file location of parameter settings</entry>
- </row>
-
<row>
<entry><link linkend="view-pg-shadow"><structname>pg_shadow</structname></link></entry>
<entry>database users</entry>
</sect1>
+ <sect1 id="view-pg-file-settings">
+ <title><structname>pg_file_settings</structname></title>
+
+ <indexterm zone="view-pg-file-settings">
+ <primary>pg_file_settings</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <para>
+ The view <structname>pg_file_settings</structname> provides the file
+ name, line number and value of all parameters which are set through
+ configuration files.
+ In contrast to <structname>pg_settings</structname>, a row is provided for
+ each occurrence of the parameter across all configuration files. This is helpful
+ for discovering why one value may have been used in preference to another
+ when the parameters were loaded.
+ </para>
+
+ <table>
+ <title><structname>pg_file_settings</> Columns</title>
+
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Name</entry>
+ <entry>Type</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><structfield>sourcefile</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><structfield>text</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Path to and name of the configration file</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><structfield>sourceline</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><structfield>integer</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Line number within the configuration file where the value was set
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><structfield>seqno</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><structfield>integer</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Order in which the setting was loaded</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><structfield>name</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><structfield>text</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Run-time configuration parameter name</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><structfield>setting</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><structfield>text</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>value of the parameter</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ <para>
+ See <xref linkend="config-setting"> for more information about the various
+ ways to change these parameters.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <structname>pg_file_settings</structname> view cannot be modified
+ directly as it represents information, as read in at server start or
+ reload time, about all parameter settings across all configuration files.
+ </para>
+
+</sect1>
+
<sect1 id="view-pg-group">
<title><structname>pg_group</structname></title>
</sect1>
- <sect1 id="view-pg-file-settings">
- <title><structname>pg_file_settings</structname></title>
-
- <indexterm zone="view-pg-file-settings">
- <primary>pg_file_settings</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <para>
- The view <structname>pg_file_settings</structname> provides the file
- name, line number and value of all parameters which are set through
- configuration files.
- In contrast to <structname>pg_settings</structname>, a row is provided for
- each occurrence of the parameter across all configuration files. This is helpful
- for discovering why one value may have been used in preference to another
- when the parameters were loaded.
- </para>
-
- <table>
- <title><structname>pg_file_settings</> Columns</title>
-
- <tgroup cols="3">
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry>Name</entry>
- <entry>Type</entry>
- <entry>Description</entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry><structfield>sourcefile</structfield></entry>
- <entry><structfield>text</structfield></entry>
- <entry>Path to and name of the configration file</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><structfield>sourceline</structfield></entry>
- <entry><structfield>integer</structfield></entry>
- <entry>
- Line number within the configuration file where the value was set
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><structfield>seqno</structfield></entry>
- <entry><structfield>integer</structfield></entry>
- <entry>Order in which the setting was loaded</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><structfield>name</structfield></entry>
- <entry><structfield>text</structfield></entry>
- <entry>Run-time configuration parameter name</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><structfield>setting</structfield></entry>
- <entry><structfield>text</structfield></entry>
- <entry>value of the parameter</entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
-
- <para>
- See <xref linkend="config-setting"> for more information about the various
- ways to change these parameters.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The <structname>pg_file_settings</structname> view cannot be modified
- directly as it represents information, as read in at server start or
- reload time, about all parameter settings across all configuration files.
- </para>
-
-</sect1>
-
<sect1 id="view-pg-shadow">
<title><structname>pg_shadow</structname></title>