No, you have to restart the postmaster for the changes to take effect.
I think SHOW will show you the current values.
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Thomas O'Connell wrote:
> In article <200208131556.g7DFuH008873@candle.pha.pa.us>,
> pgman@candle.pha.pa.us (Bruce Momjian) wrote:
>
> > Yes, that was the numebers to start with.
>
> a quick question about the numbers and postgresql.conf, too. will
> resetting the numbers in postgresql.conf require a restart, or is a
> pg_ctl reload sufficient? will pg_ctl reload free up any previously
> claimed shared memory segments?
>
> thanks!
>
> -tfo
>
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