From e36716a6534a393225d3c45fcbb85f75d017cad1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:03:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add standard boilerplate sentence about when stats_temp_directory can be changed. --- doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 19 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 757ee2a3dbc..9d33918a3ec 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + Server Configuration @@ -3414,13 +3414,16 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv; - Sets the directory to store temporary statistics data in. This can be a - path relative to the data directory or an absolute path. The default is - pg_stat_tmp. Pointing this at a RAM based filesystem - will decrease physical I/O requirements and can lead to increased - performance. If this parameter is changed when the system is running, - there is a small window of time until the new file has been written - during which the statistics functions might return no information. + Sets the directory to store temporary statistics data in. This can be + a path relative to the data directory or an absolute path. The default + is pg_stat_tmp. Pointing this at a RAM based + filesystem will decrease physical I/O requirements and can lead to + improved performance. + This parameter can only be set in the postgresql.conf + file or on the server command line. + If this parameter is changed while the server is running, there is a + small window of time until the new statistics file has been written + during which the statistics functions might return no information. -- 2.39.5