| From: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
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| To: | Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Proposed Windows-specific change: Enable crash dumps (like core files) |
| Date: | 2010-10-04 12:27:33 |
| Message-ID: | 4CA9C835.6030500@enterprisedb.com |
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On 04.10.2010 15:21, Craig Ringer wrote:
> Thinking about it, a possibly better alternative is to ship it as a
> library as is done with the pl/pgsql debugger, and use (I think)
> shared_preload_libraries to load it when desired. That way there's zero
> cost if disabled, though a somewhat higher cost if enabled.
>
> Hmm. That'll let me put a test version together that'll work with 9.0 as
> well, so that seems like a no-brainer really, it's just a better way to
> do it. Time for a Pg-on-windows build, yay.
If it's not a lot of code, it's better to have it built-in always.
Loading extra libraries in debug-mode could lead to heisenbugs.
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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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