pgadmin3-data 1.14.0-2 / usr / share / pgadmin3 / i18n / pg_settings.csv

"name";"setting";"category";"short_desc";"extra_desc";"context";"vartype";"source";"min_val";"max_val"
"add_missing_from";"off";"Version and Platform Compatibility / Previous PostgreSQL Versions";"Automatically adds missing table references to FROM clauses.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"allow_system_table_mods";"off";"Developer Options";"Allows modifications of the structure of system tables.";"";"postmaster";"bool";"default";"";""
"archive_command";"";"Write-Ahead Log / Settings";"Sets the shell command that will be called to archive a WAL file.";"";"sighup";"string";"default";"";""
"archive_timeout";"0";"Write-Ahead Log / Settings";"Forces a switch to the next xlog file if a new file has not been started within N seconds.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"0";"2147483647"
"array_nulls";"on";"Version and Platform Compatibility / Previous PostgreSQL Versions";"Enable input of NULL elements in arrays.";"When turned on, unquoted NULL in an array input value means a null value; otherwise it is taken literally.";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"authentication_timeout";"60";"Connections and Authentication / Security and Authentication";"Sets the maximum allowed time to complete client authentication.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"1";"600"
"autovacuum";"on";"Autovacuum";"Starts the autovacuum subprocess.";"";"sighup";"bool";"default";"";""
"autovacuum_analyze_scale_factor";"0.1";"Autovacuum";"Number of tuple inserts, updates or deletes prior to analyze as a fraction of reltuples.";"";"sighup";"real";"default";"0";"100"
"autovacuum_analyze_threshold";"50";"Autovacuum";"Minimum number of tuple inserts, updates or deletes prior to analyze.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"0";"2147483647"
"autovacuum_freeze_max_age";"200000000";"Autovacuum";"Age at which to autovacuum a table to prevent transaction ID wraparound.";"";"postmaster";"integer";"default";"100000000";"2000000000"
"autovacuum_max_workers";"3";"Autovacuum";"Sets the maximum number of simultaneously running autovacuum worker processes.";"";"postmaster";"integer";"default";"1";"536870911"
"autovacuum_naptime";"60";"Autovacuum";"Time to sleep between autovacuum runs.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"1";"2147483"
"autovacuum_vacuum_cost_delay";"20";"Autovacuum";"Vacuum cost delay in milliseconds, for autovacuum.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"-1";"1000"
"autovacuum_vacuum_cost_limit";"-1";"Autovacuum";"Vacuum cost amount available before napping, for autovacuum.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"-1";"10000"
"autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor";"0.2";"Autovacuum";"Number of tuple updates or deletes prior to vacuum as a fraction of reltuples.";"";"sighup";"real";"default";"0";"100"
"autovacuum_vacuum_threshold";"50";"Autovacuum";"Minimum number of tuple updates or deletes prior to vacuum.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"0";"2147483647"
"backslash_quote";"safe_encoding";"Version and Platform Compatibility / Previous PostgreSQL Versions";"Sets whether ""\'"" is allowed in string literals.";"Valid values are ON, OFF, and SAFE_ENCODING.";"user";"string";"default";"";""
"bgwriter_delay";"200";"Resource Usage";"Background writer sleep time between rounds.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"10";"10000"
"bgwriter_lru_maxpages";"100";"Resource Usage";"Background writer maximum number of LRU pages to flush per round.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"0";"1000"
"bgwriter_lru_multiplier";"2";"Resource Usage";"Background writer multiplier on average buffers to scan per round.";"";"sighup";"real";"default";"0";"10"
"block_size";"8192";"Preset Options";"Shows the size of a disk block.";"";"internal";"integer";"default";"8192";"8192"
"bonjour_name";"";"Connections and Authentication / Connection Settings";"Sets the Bonjour broadcast service name.";"";"postmaster";"string";"default";"";""
"check_function_bodies";"on";"Client Connection Defaults / Statement Behavior";"Check function bodies during CREATE FUNCTION.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"checkpoint_completion_target";"0.5";"Write-Ahead Log / Checkpoints";"Time spent flushing dirty buffers during checkpoint, as fraction of checkpoint interval.";"";"sighup";"real";"default";"0";"1"
"checkpoint_segments";"3";"Write-Ahead Log / Checkpoints";"Sets the maximum distance in log segments between automatic WAL checkpoints.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"1";"2147483647"
"checkpoint_timeout";"300";"Write-Ahead Log / Checkpoints";"Sets the maximum time between automatic WAL checkpoints.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"30";"3600"
"checkpoint_warning";"30";"Write-Ahead Log / Checkpoints";"Enables warnings if checkpoint segments are filled more frequently than this.";"Write a message to the server log if checkpoints caused by the filling of checkpoint segment files happens more frequently than this number of seconds. Zero turns off the warning.";"sighup";"integer";"default";"0";"2147483647"
"client_encoding";"SQL_ASCII";"Client Connection Defaults / Locale and Formatting";"Sets the client's character set encoding.";"";"user";"string";"session";"";""
"client_min_messages";"notice";"Reporting and Logging / When to Log";"Sets the message levels that are sent to the client.";"Valid values are DEBUG5, DEBUG4, DEBUG3, DEBUG2, DEBUG1, LOG, NOTICE, WARNING, and ERROR. Each level includes all the levels that follow it. The later the level, the fewer messages are sent.";"user";"string";"default";"";""
"commit_delay";"0";"Write-Ahead Log / Settings";"Sets the delay in microseconds between transaction commit and flushing WAL to disk.";"";"user";"integer";"default";"0";"100000"
"commit_siblings";"5";"Write-Ahead Log / Settings";"Sets the minimum concurrent open transactions before performing commit_delay.";"";"user";"integer";"default";"1";"1000"
"config_file";"C:/pgsql-8.3/data/postgresql.conf";"File Locations";"Sets the server's main configuration file.";"";"postmaster";"string";"override";"";""
"constraint_exclusion";"off";"Query Tuning / Other Planner Options";"Enables the planner to use constraints to optimize queries.";"Child table scans will be skipped if their constraints guarantee that no rows match the query.";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"cpu_index_tuple_cost";"0.005";"Query Tuning / Planner Cost Constants";"Sets the planner's estimate of the cost of processing each index entry during an index scan.";"";"user";"real";"default";"0";"1.79769e+308"
"cpu_operator_cost";"0.0025";"Query Tuning / Planner Cost Constants";"Sets the planner's estimate of the cost of processing each operator or function call.";"";"user";"real";"default";"0";"1.79769e+308"
"cpu_tuple_cost";"0.01";"Query Tuning / Planner Cost Constants";"Sets the planner's estimate of the cost of processing each tuple (row).";"";"user";"real";"default";"0";"1.79769e+308"
"custom_variable_classes";"";"Customized Options";"Sets the list of known custom variable classes.";"";"sighup";"string";"default";"";""
"data_directory";"C:/pgsql-8.3/data";"File Locations";"Sets the server's data directory.";"";"postmaster";"string";"override";"";""
"DateStyle";"ISO, DMY";"Client Connection Defaults / Locale and Formatting";"Sets the display format for date and time values.";"Also controls interpretation of ambiguous date inputs.";"user";"string";"session";"";""
"db_user_namespace";"off";"Connections and Authentication / Security and Authentication";"Enables per-database user names.";"";"sighup";"bool";"default";"";""
"deadlock_timeout";"1000";"Lock Management";"Sets the time to wait on a lock before checking for deadlock.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"1";"2147483"
"debug_assertions";"on";"Developer Options";"Turns on various assertion checks.";"This is a debugging aid.";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"debug_pretty_print";"off";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Indents parse and plan tree displays.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"debug_print_parse";"off";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Prints the parse tree to the server log.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"debug_print_plan";"off";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Prints the execution plan to server log.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"debug_print_rewritten";"off";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Prints the parse tree after rewriting to server log.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"default_statistics_target";"10";"Query Tuning / Other Planner Options";"Sets the default statistics target.";"This applies to table columns that have not had a column-specific target set via ALTER TABLE SET STATISTICS.";"user";"integer";"default";"1";"1000"
"default_tablespace";"";"Client Connection Defaults / Statement Behavior";"Sets the default tablespace to create tables and indexes in.";"An empty string selects the database's default tablespace.";"user";"string";"default";"";""
"default_text_search_config";"pg_catalog.simple";"Client Connection Defaults / Locale and Formatting";"Sets default text search configuration.";"";"user";"string";"configuration file";"";""
"default_transaction_isolation";"read committed";"Client Connection Defaults / Statement Behavior";"Sets the transaction isolation level of each new transaction.";"Each SQL transaction has an isolation level, which can be either ""read uncommitted"", ""read committed"", ""repeatable read"", or ""serializable"".";"user";"string";"default";"";""
"default_transaction_read_only";"off";"Client Connection Defaults / Statement Behavior";"Sets the default read-only status of new transactions.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"default_with_oids";"off";"Version and Platform Compatibility / Previous PostgreSQL Versions";"Create new tables with OIDs by default.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"dynamic_library_path";"$libdir";"Client Connection Defaults / Other Defaults";"Sets the path for dynamically loadable modules.";"If a dynamically loadable module needs to be opened and the specified name does not have a directory component (i.e., the name does not contain a slash), the system will search this path for the specified file.";"superuser";"string";"default";"";""
"effective_cache_size";"16384";"Query Tuning / Planner Cost Constants";"Sets the planner's assumption about the size of the disk cache.";"That is, the portion of the kernel's disk cache that will be used for PostgreSQL data files. This is measured in disk pages, which are normally 8 kB each.";"user";"integer";"default";"1";"2147483647"
"enable_bitmapscan";"on";"Query Tuning / Planner Method Configuration";"Enables the planner's use of bitmap-scan plans.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"enable_hashagg";"on";"Query Tuning / Planner Method Configuration";"Enables the planner's use of hashed aggregation plans.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"enable_hashjoin";"on";"Query Tuning / Planner Method Configuration";"Enables the planner's use of hash join plans.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"enable_indexscan";"on";"Query Tuning / Planner Method Configuration";"Enables the planner's use of index-scan plans.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"enable_mergejoin";"on";"Query Tuning / Planner Method Configuration";"Enables the planner's use of merge join plans.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"enable_nestloop";"on";"Query Tuning / Planner Method Configuration";"Enables the planner's use of nested-loop join plans.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"enable_seqscan";"on";"Query Tuning / Planner Method Configuration";"Enables the planner's use of sequential-scan plans.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"enable_sort";"on";"Query Tuning / Planner Method Configuration";"Enables the planner's use of explicit sort steps.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"enable_tidscan";"on";"Query Tuning / Planner Method Configuration";"Enables the planner's use of TID scan plans.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"escape_string_warning";"on";"Version and Platform Compatibility / Previous PostgreSQL Versions";"Warn about backslash escapes in ordinary string literals.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"explain_pretty_print";"on";"Client Connection Defaults / Other Defaults";"Uses the indented output format for EXPLAIN VERBOSE.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"external_pid_file";"";"File Locations";"Writes the postmaster PID to the specified file.";"";"postmaster";"string";"default";"";""
"extra_float_digits";"0";"Client Connection Defaults / Locale and Formatting";"Sets the number of digits displayed for floating-point values.";"This affects real, double precision, and geometric data types. The parameter value is added to the standard number of digits (FLT_DIG or DBL_DIG as appropriate).";"user";"integer";"default";"-15";"2"
"from_collapse_limit";"8";"Query Tuning / Other Planner Options";"Sets the FROM-list size beyond which subqueries are not collapsed.";"The planner will merge subqueries into upper queries if the resulting FROM list would have no more than this many items.";"user";"integer";"default";"1";"2147483647"
"fsync";"on";"Write-Ahead Log / Settings";"Forces synchronization of updates to disk.";"The server will use the fsync() system call in several places to make sure that updates are physically written to disk. This insures that a database cluster will recover to a consistent state after an operating system or hardware crash.";"sighup";"bool";"default";"";""
"full_page_writes";"on";"Write-Ahead Log / Settings";"Writes full pages to WAL when first modified after a checkpoint.";"A page write in process during an operating system crash might be only partially written to disk.  During recovery, the row changes stored in WAL are not enough to recover.  This option writes pages when first modified after a checkpoint to WAL so full recovery is possible.";"sighup";"bool";"default";"";""
"geqo";"on";"Query Tuning / Genetic Query Optimizer";"Enables genetic query optimization.";"This algorithm attempts to do planning without exhaustive searching.";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"geqo_effort";"5";"Query Tuning / Genetic Query Optimizer";"GEQO: effort is used to set the default for other GEQO parameters.";"";"user";"integer";"default";"1";"10"
"geqo_generations";"0";"Query Tuning / Genetic Query Optimizer";"GEQO: number of iterations of the algorithm.";"Zero selects a suitable default value.";"user";"integer";"default";"0";"2147483647"
"geqo_pool_size";"0";"Query Tuning / Genetic Query Optimizer";"GEQO: number of individuals in the population.";"Zero selects a suitable default value.";"user";"integer";"default";"0";"2147483647"
"geqo_selection_bias";"2";"Query Tuning / Genetic Query Optimizer";"GEQO: selective pressure within the population.";"";"user";"real";"default";"1.5";"2"
"geqo_threshold";"12";"Query Tuning / Genetic Query Optimizer";"Sets the threshold of FROM items beyond which GEQO is used.";"";"user";"integer";"default";"2";"2147483647"
"gin_fuzzy_search_limit";"0";"Client Connection Defaults / Other Defaults";"Sets the maximum allowed result for exact search by GIN.";"";"user";"integer";"default";"0";"2147483647"
"hba_file";"C:/pgsql-8.3/data/pg_hba.conf";"File Locations";"Sets the server's ""hba"" configuration file.";"";"postmaster";"string";"override";"";""
"ident_file";"C:/pgsql-8.3/data/pg_ident.conf";"File Locations";"Sets the server's ""ident"" configuration file.";"";"postmaster";"string";"override";"";""
"ignore_system_indexes";"off";"Developer Options";"Disables reading from system indexes.";"It does not prevent updating the indexes, so it is safe to use.  The worst consequence is slowness.";"backend";"bool";"default";"";""
"integer_datetimes";"on";"Preset Options";"Datetimes are integer based.";"";"internal";"bool";"default";"";""
"join_collapse_limit";"8";"Query Tuning / Other Planner Options";"Sets the FROM-list size beyond which JOIN constructs are not flattened.";"The planner will flatten explicit JOIN constructs into lists of FROM items whenever a list of no more than this many items would result.";"user";"integer";"default";"1";"2147483647"
"krb_caseins_users";"off";"Connections and Authentication / Security and Authentication";"Sets whether Kerberos and GSSAPI user names should be treated as case-insensitive.";"";"postmaster";"bool";"default";"";""
"krb_server_hostname";"";"Connections and Authentication / Security and Authentication";"Sets the hostname of the Kerberos server.";"";"postmaster";"string";"default";"";""
"krb_server_keyfile";"";"Connections and Authentication / Security and Authentication";"Sets the location of the Kerberos server key file.";"";"postmaster";"string";"default";"";""
"krb_srvname";"postgres";"Connections and Authentication / Security and Authentication";"Sets the name of the Kerberos service.";"";"postmaster";"string";"default";"";""
"lc_collate";"English_United Kingdom.1252";"Client Connection Defaults / Locale and Formatting";"Shows the collation order locale.";"";"internal";"string";"override";"";""
"lc_ctype";"English_United Kingdom.1252";"Client Connection Defaults / Locale and Formatting";"Shows the character classification and case conversion locale.";"";"internal";"string";"override";"";""
"lc_messages";"English_United Kingdom.1252";"Client Connection Defaults / Locale and Formatting";"Sets the language in which messages are displayed.";"";"superuser";"string";"configuration file";"";""
"lc_monetary";"English_United Kingdom.1252";"Client Connection Defaults / Locale and Formatting";"Sets the locale for formatting monetary amounts.";"";"user";"string";"configuration file";"";""
"lc_numeric";"English_United Kingdom.1252";"Client Connection Defaults / Locale and Formatting";"Sets the locale for formatting numbers.";"";"user";"string";"configuration file";"";""
"lc_time";"English_United Kingdom.1252";"Client Connection Defaults / Locale and Formatting";"Sets the locale for formatting date and time values.";"";"user";"string";"configuration file";"";""
"listen_addresses";"localhost";"Connections and Authentication / Connection Settings";"Sets the host name or IP address(es) to listen to.";"";"postmaster";"string";"default";"";""
"local_preload_libraries";"";"Client Connection Defaults / Other Defaults";"Lists shared libraries to preload into each backend.";"";"backend";"string";"default";"";""
"log_autovacuum_min_duration";"-1";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Sets the minimum execution time above which autovacuum actions will be logged.";"Zero prints all actions. -1 turns autovacuum logging off.";"sighup";"integer";"default";"-1";"2147483"
"log_checkpoints";"off";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Logs each checkpoint.";"";"sighup";"bool";"default";"";""
"log_connections";"off";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Logs each successful connection.";"";"backend";"bool";"default";"";""
"log_destination";"stderr";"Reporting and Logging / Where to Log";"Sets the destination for server log output.";"Valid values are combinations of ""stderr"", ""syslog"", ""csvlog"", and ""eventlog"", depending on the platform.";"sighup";"string";"default";"";""
"log_directory";"pg_log";"Reporting and Logging / Where to Log";"Sets the destination directory for log files.";"Can be specified as relative to the data directory or as absolute path.";"sighup";"string";"default";"";""
"log_disconnections";"off";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Logs end of a session, including duration.";"";"backend";"bool";"default";"";""
"log_duration";"off";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Logs the duration of each completed SQL statement.";"";"superuser";"bool";"default";"";""
"log_error_verbosity";"default";"Reporting and Logging / When to Log";"Sets the verbosity of logged messages.";"Valid values are ""terse"", ""default"", and ""verbose"".";"superuser";"string";"default";"";""
"log_executor_stats";"off";"Statistics / Monitoring";"Writes executor performance statistics to the server log.";"";"superuser";"bool";"default";"";""
"log_filename";"postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log";"Reporting and Logging / Where to Log";"Sets the file name pattern for log files.";"";"sighup";"string";"default";"";""
"log_hostname";"off";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Logs the host name in the connection logs.";"By default, connection logs only show the IP address of the connecting host. If you want them to show the host name you can turn this on, but depending on your host name resolution setup it might impose a non-negligible performance penalty.";"sighup";"bool";"default";"";""
"log_line_prefix";"";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Controls information prefixed to each log line.";"If blank, no prefix is used.";"sighup";"string";"default";"";""
"log_lock_waits";"off";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Logs long lock waits.";"";"superuser";"bool";"default";"";""
"log_min_duration_statement";"-1";"Reporting and Logging / When to Log";"Sets the minimum execution time above which statements will be logged.";"Zero prints all queries. -1 turns this feature off.";"superuser";"integer";"default";"-1";"2147483"
"log_min_error_statement";"error";"Reporting and Logging / When to Log";"Causes all statements generating error at or above this level to be logged.";"All SQL statements that cause an error of the specified level or a higher level are logged.";"superuser";"string";"default";"";""
"log_min_messages";"notice";"Reporting and Logging / When to Log";"Sets the message levels that are logged.";"Valid values are DEBUG5, DEBUG4, DEBUG3, DEBUG2, DEBUG1, INFO, NOTICE, WARNING, ERROR, LOG, FATAL, and PANIC. Each level includes all the levels that follow it.";"superuser";"string";"default";"";""
"log_parser_stats";"off";"Statistics / Monitoring";"Writes parser performance statistics to the server log.";"";"superuser";"bool";"default";"";""
"log_planner_stats";"off";"Statistics / Monitoring";"Writes planner performance statistics to the server log.";"";"superuser";"bool";"default";"";""
"log_rotation_age";"1440";"Reporting and Logging / Where to Log";"Automatic log file rotation will occur after N minutes.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"0";"35791394"
"log_rotation_size";"10240";"Reporting and Logging / Where to Log";"Automatic log file rotation will occur after N kilobytes.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"0";"2097151"
"log_statement";"none";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Sets the type of statements logged.";"Valid values are ""none"", ""ddl"", ""mod"", and ""all"".";"superuser";"string";"default";"";""
"log_statement_stats";"off";"Statistics / Monitoring";"Writes cumulative performance statistics to the server log.";"";"superuser";"bool";"default";"";""
"log_temp_files";"-1";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Log the use of temporary files larger than this number of kilobytes.";"Zero logs all files. The default is -1 (turning this feature off).";"user";"integer";"default";"-1";"2147483647"
"log_timezone";"Europe/London";"Reporting and Logging / What to Log";"Sets the time zone to use in log messages.";"";"sighup";"string";"command line";"";""
"log_truncate_on_rotation";"off";"Reporting and Logging / Where to Log";"Truncate existing log files of same name during log rotation.";"";"sighup";"bool";"default";"";""
"logging_collector";"on";"Reporting and Logging / Where to Log";"Start a subprocess to capture stderr output and/or csvlogs into log files.";"";"postmaster";"bool";"configuration file";"";""
"maintenance_work_mem";"16384";"Resource Usage / Memory";"Sets the maximum memory to be used for maintenance operations.";"This includes operations such as VACUUM and CREATE INDEX.";"user";"integer";"default";"1024";"2097151"
"max_connections";"100";"Connections and Authentication / Connection Settings";"Sets the maximum number of concurrent connections.";"";"postmaster";"integer";"configuration file";"1";"536870911"
"max_files_per_process";"1000";"Resource Usage / Kernel Resources";"Sets the maximum number of simultaneously open files for each server process.";"";"postmaster";"integer";"default";"25";"2147483647"
"max_fsm_pages";"204800";"Resource Usage / Free Space Map";"Sets the maximum number of disk pages for which free space is tracked.";"";"postmaster";"integer";"configuration file";"1000";"2147483647"
"max_fsm_relations";"1000";"Resource Usage / Free Space Map";"Sets the maximum number of tables and indexes for which free space is tracked.";"";"postmaster";"integer";"default";"100";"2147483647"
"max_function_args";"100";"Preset Options";"Shows the maximum number of function arguments.";"";"internal";"integer";"default";"100";"100"
"max_identifier_length";"63";"Preset Options";"Shows the maximum identifier length.";"";"internal";"integer";"default";"63";"63"
"max_index_keys";"32";"Preset Options";"Shows the maximum number of index keys.";"";"internal";"integer";"default";"32";"32"
"max_locks_per_transaction";"64";"Lock Management";"Sets the maximum number of locks per transaction.";"The shared lock table is sized on the assumption that at most max_locks_per_transaction * max_connections distinct objects will need to be locked at any one time.";"postmaster";"integer";"default";"10";"2147483647"
"max_prepared_transactions";"5";"Resource Usage";"Sets the maximum number of simultaneously prepared transactions.";"";"postmaster";"integer";"default";"0";"2147483647"
"max_stack_depth";"2048";"Resource Usage / Memory";"Sets the maximum stack depth, in kilobytes.";"";"superuser";"integer";"environment variable";"100";"2097151"
"password_encryption";"on";"Connections and Authentication / Security and Authentication";"Encrypt passwords.";"When a password is specified in CREATE USER or ALTER USER without writing either ENCRYPTED or UNENCRYPTED, this parameter determines whether the password is to be encrypted.";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"port";"5433";"Connections and Authentication / Connection Settings";"Sets the TCP port the server listens on.";"";"postmaster";"integer";"configuration file";"1";"65535"
"post_auth_delay";"0";"Developer Options";"Waits N seconds on connection startup after authentication.";"This allows attaching a debugger to the process.";"backend";"integer";"default";"0";"2147483647"
"pre_auth_delay";"0";"Developer Options";"Waits N seconds on connection startup before authentication.";"This allows attaching a debugger to the process.";"sighup";"integer";"default";"0";"60"
"random_page_cost";"4";"Query Tuning / Planner Cost Constants";"Sets the planner's estimate of the cost of a nonsequentially fetched disk page.";"";"user";"real";"default";"0";"1.79769e+308"
"regex_flavor";"advanced";"Version and Platform Compatibility / Previous PostgreSQL Versions";"Sets the regular expression ""flavor"".";"This can be set to advanced, extended, or basic.";"user";"string";"default";"";""
"search_path";"""$user"",public";"Client Connection Defaults / Statement Behavior";"Sets the schema search order for names that are not schema-qualified.";"";"user";"string";"default";"";""
"seq_page_cost";"1";"Query Tuning / Planner Cost Constants";"Sets the planner's estimate of the cost of a sequentially fetched disk page.";"";"user";"real";"default";"0";"1.79769e+308"
"server_encoding";"SQL_ASCII";"Client Connection Defaults / Locale and Formatting";"Sets the server (database) character set encoding.";"";"internal";"string";"override";"";""
"server_version";"8.3devel";"Preset Options";"Shows the server version.";"";"internal";"string";"default";"";""
"server_version_num";"80300";"Preset Options";"Shows the server version as an integer.";"";"internal";"integer";"default";"80300";"80300"
"session_replication_role";"origin";"Client Connection Defaults / Statement Behavior";"Sets the sessions behavior for triggers and rewrite rules.";"Each session can be either ""origin"", ""replica"" or ""local"".";"superuser";"string";"default";"";""
"shared_buffers";"4096";"Resource Usage / Memory";"Sets the number of shared memory buffers used by the server.";"";"postmaster";"integer";"configuration file";"16";"1073741823"
"shared_preload_libraries";"";"Resource Usage / Kernel Resources";"Lists shared libraries to preload into server.";"";"postmaster";"string";"default";"";""
"silent_mode";"off";"Reporting and Logging / When to Log";"Runs the server silently.";"If this parameter is set, the server will automatically run in the background and any controlling terminals are dissociated.";"postmaster";"bool";"default";"";""
"sql_inheritance";"on";"Version and Platform Compatibility / Previous PostgreSQL Versions";"Causes subtables to be included by default in various commands.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"ssl";"off";"Connections and Authentication / Security and Authentication";"Enables SSL connections.";"";"postmaster";"bool";"configuration file";"";""
"ssl_ciphers";"ALL:!ADH:!LOW:!EXP:!MD5:@STRENGTH";"Connections and Authentication / Security and Authentication";"Sets the list of allowed SSL ciphers.";"";"postmaster";"string";"default";"";""
"standard_conforming_strings";"off";"Version and Platform Compatibility / Previous PostgreSQL Versions";"Causes '...' strings to treat backslashes literally.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"statement_timeout";"0";"Client Connection Defaults / Statement Behavior";"Sets the maximum allowed duration of any statement.";"A value of 0 turns off the timeout.";"user";"integer";"default";"0";"2147483647"
"superuser_reserved_connections";"3";"Connections and Authentication / Connection Settings";"Sets the number of connection slots reserved for superusers.";"";"postmaster";"integer";"default";"0";"536870911"
"synchronous_commit";"on";"Write-Ahead Log / Settings";"Sets immediate fsync at commit.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"tcp_keepalives_count";"0";"Client Connection Defaults / Other Defaults";"Maximum number of TCP keepalive retransmits.";"This controls the number of consecutive keepalive retransmits that can be lost before a connection is considered dead. A value of 0 uses the system default.";"user";"integer";"default";"0";"2147483647"
"tcp_keepalives_idle";"0";"Client Connection Defaults / Other Defaults";"Time between issuing TCP keepalives.";"A value of 0 uses the system default.";"user";"integer";"default";"0";"2147483647"
"tcp_keepalives_interval";"0";"Client Connection Defaults / Other Defaults";"Time between TCP keepalive retransmits.";"A value of 0 uses the system default.";"user";"integer";"default";"0";"2147483647"
"temp_buffers";"1024";"Resource Usage / Memory";"Sets the maximum number of temporary buffers used by each session.";"";"user";"integer";"default";"100";"1073741823"
"temp_tablespaces";"";"Client Connection Defaults / Statement Behavior";"Sets the tablespace(s) to use for temporary tables and sort files.";"";"user";"string";"default";"";""
"TimeZone";"Europe/London";"Client Connection Defaults / Locale and Formatting";"Sets the time zone for displaying and interpreting time stamps.";"";"user";"string";"command line";"";""
"timezone_abbreviations";"Default";"Client Connection Defaults / Locale and Formatting";"Selects a file of time zone abbreviations.";"";"user";"string";"command line";"";""
"trace_notify";"off";"Developer Options";"Generates debugging output for LISTEN and NOTIFY.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"trace_sort";"off";"Developer Options";"Emit information about resource usage in sorting.";"";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"track_activities";"on";"Statistics / Query and Index Statistics Collector";"Collects information about executing commands.";"Enables the collection of information on the currently executing command of each session, along with the time at which that command began execution.";"superuser";"bool";"default";"";""
"track_counts";"on";"Statistics / Query and Index Statistics Collector";"Collects statistics on database activity.";"";"superuser";"bool";"default";"";""
"transaction_isolation";"read committed";"Client Connection Defaults / Statement Behavior";"Sets the current transaction's isolation level.";"";"user";"string";"override";"";""
"transaction_read_only";"off";"Client Connection Defaults / Statement Behavior";"Sets the current transaction's read-only status.";"";"user";"bool";"override";"";""
"transform_null_equals";"off";"Version and Platform Compatibility / Other Platforms and Clients";"Treats ""expr=NULL"" as ""expr IS NULL"".";"When turned on, expressions of the form expr = NULL (or NULL = expr) are treated as expr IS NULL, that is, they return true if expr evaluates to the null value, and false otherwise. The correct behavior of expr = NULL is to always return null (unknown).";"user";"bool";"default";"";""
"unix_socket_directory";"";"Connections and Authentication / Connection Settings";"Sets the directory where the Unix-domain socket will be created.";"";"postmaster";"string";"default";"";""
"unix_socket_group";"";"Connections and Authentication / Connection Settings";"Sets the owning group of the Unix-domain socket.";"The owning user of the socket is always the user that starts the server.";"postmaster";"string";"default";"";""
"unix_socket_permissions";"511";"Connections and Authentication / Connection Settings";"Sets the access permissions of the Unix-domain socket.";"Unix-domain sockets use the usual Unix file system permission set. The parameter value is expected to be an numeric mode specification in the form accepted by the chmod and umask system calls. (To use the customary octal format the number must start with a 0 (zero).)";"postmaster";"integer";"default";"0";"511"
"update_process_title";"on";"Statistics / Query and Index Statistics Collector";"Updates the process title to show the active SQL command.";"Enables updating of the process title every time a new SQL command is received by the server.";"superuser";"bool";"default";"";""
"vacuum_cost_delay";"0";"Resource Usage";"Vacuum cost delay in milliseconds.";"";"user";"integer";"default";"0";"1000"
"vacuum_cost_limit";"200";"Resource Usage";"Vacuum cost amount available before napping.";"";"user";"integer";"default";"1";"10000"
"vacuum_cost_page_dirty";"20";"Resource Usage";"Vacuum cost for a page dirtied by vacuum.";"";"user";"integer";"default";"0";"10000"
"vacuum_cost_page_hit";"1";"Resource Usage";"Vacuum cost for a page found in the buffer cache.";"";"user";"integer";"default";"0";"10000"
"vacuum_cost_page_miss";"10";"Resource Usage";"Vacuum cost for a page not found in the buffer cache.";"";"user";"integer";"default";"0";"10000"
"vacuum_freeze_min_age";"100000000";"Client Connection Defaults / Statement Behavior";"Minimum age at which VACUUM should freeze a table row.";"";"user";"integer";"default";"0";"1000000000"
"wal_buffers";"8";"Write-Ahead Log / Settings";"Sets the number of disk-page buffers in shared memory for WAL.";"";"postmaster";"integer";"default";"4";"2147483647"
"wal_sync_method";"open_datasync";"Write-Ahead Log / Settings";"Selects the method used for forcing WAL updates to disk.";"";"sighup";"string";"default";"";""
"wal_writer_delay";"200";"Write-Ahead Log / Settings";"WAL writer sleep time between WAL flushes.";"";"sighup";"integer";"default";"1";"10000"
"work_mem";"1024";"Resource Usage / Memory";"Sets the maximum memory to be used for query workspaces.";"This much memory can be used by each internal sort operation and hash table before switching to temporary disk files.";"user";"integer";"default";"64";"2097151"
"xmlbinary";"base64";"Client Connection Defaults / Statement Behavior";"Sets how binary values are to be encoded in XML.";"Valid values are BASE64 and HEX.";"user";"string";"default";"";""
"xmloption";"content";"Client Connection Defaults / Statement Behavior";"Sets whether XML data in implicit parsing and serialization operations is to be considered as documents or content fragments.";"Valid values are DOCUMENT and CONTENT.";"user";"string";"default";"";""
"zero_damaged_pages";"off";"Developer Options";"Continues processing past damaged page headers.";"Detection of a damaged page header normally causes PostgreSQL to report an error, aborting the current transaction. Setting zero_damaged_pages to true causes the system to instead report a warning, zero out the damaged page, and continue processing. This behavior will destroy data, namely all the rows on the damaged page.";"superuser";"bool";"default";"";""