Re: Ideas for easier debugging of backend problems

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Ideas for easier debugging of backend problems
Date: 2005-10-27 16:08:05
Message-ID: 4360FB65.2060008@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:

>
>Both of these presume you have a programmer running the database, or at
>least someone who's not scared of gdb.
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I think you have the set relationship the wrong way around ;-)
Personally, I only use gdb in extremis, and I am sure the average DBA
would be less familiar with it than I am.

cheers

andrew

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