diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index e967b235f3..45350ac7ae 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.69 2006/07/25 03:51:21 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.70 2006/07/26 11:35:55 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter Id="runtime-config">
   <title>Server Configuration</title>
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@ archive_command = 'copy "%p" /mnt/server/archivedir/"%f"'  # Windows
      </varlistentry>
      
      <varlistentry id="guc-effective-cache-size" xreflabel="effective_cache_size">
-      <term><varname>effective_cache_size</varname> (<type>floating point</type>)</term>
+      <term><varname>effective_cache_size</varname> (<type>integer</type>)</term>
       <indexterm>
        <primary><varname>effective_cache_size</> configuration parameter</primary>
       </indexterm>
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c b/src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c
index 14350a90f7..5f5e9ec372 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c,v 1.163 2006/07/22 15:41:55 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c,v 1.164 2006/07/26 11:35:56 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ double		cpu_tuple_cost = DEFAULT_CPU_TUPLE_COST;
 double		cpu_index_tuple_cost = DEFAULT_CPU_INDEX_TUPLE_COST;
 double		cpu_operator_cost = DEFAULT_CPU_OPERATOR_COST;
 
-double		effective_cache_size = DEFAULT_EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE;
+int		effective_cache_size = DEFAULT_EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE;
 
 Cost		disable_cost = 100000000.0;
 
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ index_pages_fetched(double tuples_fetched, BlockNumber pages,
 	T = (pages > 1) ? (double) pages : 1.0;
 
 	/* b is pro-rated share of effective_cache_size */
-	b = effective_cache_size * T / (T + (double) other_pages);
+	b = (double) effective_cache_size * T / (T + (double) other_pages);
 	/* force it positive and integral */
 	if (b <= 1.0)
 		b = 1.0;
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 400a267e70..cf38490d9e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Written by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>.
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.329 2006/07/25 03:51:21 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.330 2006/07/26 11:35:56 petere Exp $
  *
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1579,6 +1579,17 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
 		0, 0, INT_MAX, NULL, NULL
 	},
 
+	{
+		{"effective_cache_size", PGC_USERSET, QUERY_TUNING_COST,
+			gettext_noop("Sets the planner's assumption about size of the disk cache."),
+			gettext_noop("That is, the portion of the kernel's disk cache that "
+						 "will be used for PostgreSQL data files. This is measured in disk "
+						 "pages, which are normally 8 kB each.")
+		},
+		&effective_cache_size,
+		DEFAULT_EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE, 1, INT_MAX, NULL, NULL
+	},
+
 	/* End-of-list marker */
 	{
 		{NULL, 0, 0, NULL, NULL}, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL
@@ -1634,17 +1645,6 @@ static struct config_real ConfigureNamesReal[] =
 		DEFAULT_CPU_OPERATOR_COST, 0, DBL_MAX, NULL, NULL
 	},
 
-	{
-		{"effective_cache_size", PGC_USERSET, QUERY_TUNING_COST,
-			gettext_noop("Sets the planner's assumption about size of the disk cache."),
-			gettext_noop("That is, the portion of the kernel's disk cache that "
-						 "will be used for PostgreSQL data files. This is measured in disk "
-						 "pages, which are normally 8 kB each.")
-		},
-		&effective_cache_size,
-		DEFAULT_EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE, 1, DBL_MAX, NULL, NULL
-	},
-
 	{
 		{"geqo_selection_bias", PGC_USERSET, QUERY_TUNING_GEQO,
 			gettext_noop("GEQO: selective pressure within the population."),
diff --git a/src/include/optimizer/cost.h b/src/include/optimizer/cost.h
index fe8f7097e4..27928b89a5 100644
--- a/src/include/optimizer/cost.h
+++ b/src/include/optimizer/cost.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/optimizer/cost.h,v 1.77 2006/07/22 15:41:56 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/optimizer/cost.h,v 1.78 2006/07/26 11:35:56 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define DEFAULT_CPU_INDEX_TUPLE_COST 0.005
 #define DEFAULT_CPU_OPERATOR_COST  0.0025
 
-#define DEFAULT_EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE  1000.0	/* measured in pages */
+#define DEFAULT_EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE  1000	/* measured in pages */
 
 
 /*
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ extern DLLIMPORT double random_page_cost;
 extern DLLIMPORT double cpu_tuple_cost;
 extern DLLIMPORT double cpu_index_tuple_cost;
 extern DLLIMPORT double cpu_operator_cost;
-extern DLLIMPORT double effective_cache_size;
+extern DLLIMPORT int effective_cache_size;
 extern Cost disable_cost;
 extern bool enable_seqscan;
 extern bool enable_indexscan;