Re: pg_system_identifier()

From: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>
To: Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)dalibo(dot)com>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_system_identifier()
Date: 2013-08-23 13:59:44
Message-ID: m2siy08q3z.fsf@2ndQuadrant.fr
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Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)dalibo(dot)com> writes:
>>> The attached patch implements a pg_system_identifier() function that
>>> exposes it.
>
> It's information about the server that's only accessible through
> pg_controldata. I don't know if that's justification enough, which is
> why I didn't add it to the commitfest yet.

We already have two extensions to expose pg_controldata output at the
SQL level, and I think we should just include the facility in core.

https://github.com/jconway/pg_controldata
http://labs.omniti.com/labs/pgtreats/browser/trunk/contrib/control

Regards,
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Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support

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