Re: PL/pgSQL Debugger Support

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Denis Lussier <denisl(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)surnet(dot)cl>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PL/pgSQL Debugger Support
Date: 2005-06-23 18:21:41
Message-ID: 200506231121.41671.josh@agliodbs.com
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Denis, all,

> I got to thinking it¹d be kewl if PgAdmin3 supported an interactive
> debugger for pl/pgsql.  If anyone¹s interested in expertly tackling such a
> community project, with some financial sponsorship from EDB, please contact
> me privately.

Just FYI, EMS Hitech has a windows-only PL/pgSQL debugger. So it's apparently
possible even with the current tech.

Overally, though, we'd want to support something command-line like the Perl
debug shell. Then any tool could use it.

--
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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