Re: IDLE in transaction introspection

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Scott Mead <scottm(at)openscg(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: IDLE in transaction introspection
Date: 2011-11-01 14:13:52
Message-ID: 4EAFFEA0.6010800@dunslane.net
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On 11/01/2011 09:52 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs<simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes:
>> Why not leave it exactly as it is, and add a previous_query column?
>> That gives you exactly what you need without breaking anything.
> That would cost twice as much shared memory for query strings, and twice
> as much time to update the strings, for what seems pretty marginal
> value. I'm for just redefining the query field as "current or last
> query".

+1

> I could go either way on whether to rename it.

Rename it please. "current_query" will just be wrong. I'd be inclined
just to call it "query" or "query_string" and leave it to the docs to
define the exact semantics.

cheers

andrew

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