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>Chapter 18. Server Configuration</H1
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>18.1. <A
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>Setting Parameters</A
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>18.2. <A
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>18.3.1. <A
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>18.4.1. <A
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>Cost-Based Vacuum Delay</A
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>18.5.1. <A
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>18.5.2. <A
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>18.6.1. <A
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>Planner Method Configuration</A
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>Planner Cost Constants</A
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>Genetic Query Optimizer</A
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>18.7.1. <A
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>Using CSV-Format Log Output</A
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>Run-Time Statistics</A
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>18.8.1. <A
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>Query and Index Statistics Collector</A
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>Statistics Monitoring</A
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>Automatic Vacuuming</A
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>Client Connection Defaults</A
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>18.10.1. <A
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>Statement Behavior</A
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>Lock Management</A
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>18.12.1. <A
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>Previous PostgreSQL Versions</A
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>18.12.2. <A
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>Platform and Client Compatibility</A
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>Preset Options</A
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>Customized Options</A
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>   There are many configuration parameters that affect the behavior of
   the database system. In the first section of this chapter, we
   describe how to set configuration parameters. The subsequent sections
   discuss each parameter in detail.
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