Settings Table Overview
The settings table contains name-value pairs that configure the behavior of the background processes.
Namespace
The namespace component is a dot-notation string representing a formal path to the parameter.
Setting Name
The setting name identifies the name of the setting.
Value
Values in the SETTINGS table are case-sensitive. The value portion of the pair can be:
- String: The string data type is a free text value. The most common string sub-type is interval which represents an interval of time by combining a numeric portion with a unit portion as depicted in the table below.
|
| Unit portion | Example | Meaning |
Interval Subtype Table | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Numeric portion |
+ | d | ‘30d’ | Thirty day interval |
h | ‘2h’ | Two hour interval | ||
m | ‘10m’ | Ten minute interval | ||
s | ‘30s’ | Thirty second interval | ||
- Numeric: The numeric data type consists of any number.
- Boolean: The Boolean data type can have one of two values: true or false, where zero represents false and any non-zero number represents true.
- Date: The date data type consists of dates.
Setting Example
The following is an example of a setting:
- Namespace: database.cleanup.Usession
- Setting Name: ExpiredSessionTimeout
- Value: 2h (two hour interval)