Re: [9.1] pg_stat_get_backend_server_addr

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [9.1] pg_stat_get_backend_server_addr
Date: 2010-05-28 14:21:23
Message-ID: 201005281421.o4SELNq13210@momjian.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> ... indeed. Is it worth burdening the pg_stats mechanism with this?
> >> The use case seems vanishingly thin.
>
> > I am confused how this is different from inet_server_addr() and
> > inet_server_port().
>
> I think the point is to let someone find out *from another session*
> which server port number a particular session is using. I fail to see
> a significant use case for that, though.

Uh, aren't they all using the same server port number, e.g. 5432? Is
the issue different IP addresses for the same server?

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