Dave Page wrote:
> My questions to the group are:
>
> - Is my approach reasonable?
> - What interface should I include in libpq?
>
> On the second question, obviously the user can call SET to set a
> value, as I've done for now in psql, however in other DBMSs, it may be
> set in the connection string. My feeling would be to do that, and
> possibly add PQsetApplicationName(PGconn *conn, char *name) and char
> *PQapplicationName(PGconn *conn);. What do others think?
>
>
Doing it with a GUC will not be nearly so useful as having it in the
wire protocol, IMNSHO. Just one example: it wouldn't be present in
connection records, because it wouldn't be set yet.
cheers
andrew