Pg_settings

PostgreSQL Authentication Settings Query for Admins Managing PostgreSQL at scale requires both fine-grained control and visibility into configuration parameters. One valuable system catalog, pg_settings, provides administrators direct insight into runtime parameters, defaults, and constraints that govern PostgreSQL’s …

pg_settings — Query PostgreSQL Configuration Parameters The live configuration PostgreSQL is running with and the values written in postgresql.conf are not always the same. A parameter that requires a server restart has already been updated in the file but the old value is still in effect. A reload that produced a …

Your PostgreSQL Configuration PostgreSQL 12 finished a set of SQL functions that list the contents of the server's own directories: pg_ls_waldir() and pg_ls_logdir() arrived in version 10, and pg_ls_archive_statusdir() and pg_ls_tmpdir() followed in 12. Combined with current_setting() for the paths themselves, a single …

Unveiling Your PostgreSQL Server: A Treasure Trove of Information This comprehensive PostgreSQL script delves into the inner workings of your database server, revealing valuable details about its version, configuration, connections, users, and more. It empowers database administrators and developers with insights to …

How Many Connections Can Your PostgreSQL Database Handle? PostgreSQL 16 split the connection limit into more than one pool. Besides the slots held back for superusers, a second block of slots can now be reserved for ordinary roles that have been granted pg_use_reserved_connections. The number of sessions an application …