diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html index 531f251ecfd2f3a0df17db29529e12a49d4be7b6..844b3bf15e2c6204033de257eb2af942d95cab00 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ alink="#0000FF"> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> - <P>Last updated: Thu Sep 6 20:45:54 EDT 2001</P> + <P>Last updated: Thu Sep 6 20:51:03 EDT 2001</P> <P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= "mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR> @@ -722,14 +722,9 @@ <P>You need to increase the <I>postmaster's</I> limit on how many concurrent backend processes it can start.</P> - <P>In PostgreSQL 6.5 and up, the default limit is 32 processes. You - can increase it by restarting the <I>postmaster</I> with a suitable - <I>-N</I> value. With the default configuration you can set - <I>-N</I> as large as 1024. If you need more, increase - <SMALL>MAXBACKENDS</SMALL> in <I>include/pg_config.h</I> and rebuild. - You can set the default value of <I>-N</I> at configuration time, - if you like, using <I>configure's</I> <I>--with-maxbackends</I> - switch.</P> + <P>The default limit is 32 processes. You can increase it by + restarting the <I>postmaster</I> with a suitable <I>-N</I> value or + modifying <I>postgresql.conf</I>.</P> <P>Note that if you make <I>-N</I> larger than 32, you must also increase <I>-B</I> beyond its default of 64; <I>-B</I> must be at