docs: Clarify that signal functions have no feedback.
authorHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
Wed, 18 Nov 2020 08:28:50 +0000 (10:28 +0200)
committerHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
Wed, 18 Nov 2020 08:28:50 +0000 (10:28 +0200)
commitdfab7f2f94812c6c3a62cfde0ec7f9e447132e64
treebcfeb3bf9caf5442cd69ff284fbea2dcd3bc5ce9
parent6dd8b00807871bfd0c3ce8e18fd1f6ba1a71fbf9
docs: Clarify that signal functions have no feedback.

Bug #16652 complains that pg_reload_conf() returned true, even though
the configuration file contained errors. That's the way pg_reload_conf()
works, by design, but the documentation wasn't very clear on it. Clarify
that a 'true' return value only means that the signal was sent
successfully. Also add links to the system views that can be used to
check the configuration files for errors.

David G. Johnston, with some rewording by me.

Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAKFQuwax6GxhUQEes0D045UtXG-fBraM39_6UMd5JyR5K1HWCQ%40mail.gmail.com
doc/src/sgml/func.sgml