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How would you like to do the initial setup? I'm not perfectly happy with how things are, but I don't see a non SQL interface being better. An easier way to star
by anarazel 11y ago
How would you like to do the initial setup? I'm not perfectly happy with how things are, but I don't see a non SQL interface being better. An easier way to start postgres without network, process a file and shut down, would be goid IMO.
- mixmastamyk 11y agoSome pieces already exist, like the pg* commands. Perhaps they could be improved to handle the remaining configuration tasks. The config files themselves could probably use a good redesign as well. What do other databases do? I haven't used others in a while, but at the time of choosing pg I remember it being more fiddly.
- anarazel 11y ago> Some pieces already exist, like the pg* commands I don't think those really help? You need to start a server for that and be allowed to connect. If you have that you can just as well feed a file to psql to do all the setup at once. > The config files themselves could probably use a good redesign as well. Hm. I've dealt with postgresql.conf files for a decade now, so maybe I just don't see the problem with the format itself. I think we should make more parameters auto-tuned, but that's something different to the file format itself. If you're talking about pg_hba.conf: Wholewheartedly agreed. That's the one thing I remember being terminally confused about back when I started using postgres.