ERTIONS"
></A
><TT
CLASS="VARNAME"
>debug_assertions</TT
> (<TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>boolean</TT
>)</DT
><DD
><P
>        Turns on various assertion checks. This is a debugging aid. If
        you are experiencing strange problems or crashes you might want
        to turn this on, as it might expose programming mistakes. To use
        this parameter, the macro <TT
CLASS="SYMBOL"
>USE_ASSERT_CHECKING</TT
>
        must be defined when <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> is
        built (accomplished by 