Re: Client application name

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: "Eric B(dot) Ridge" <ebr(at)tcdi(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Client application name
Date: 2009-10-14 16:44:21
Message-ID: 9837222c0910140944g36a69cf7y6fd8126e2feb6007@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 18:39, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Eric B. Ridge <ebr(at)tcdi(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Oct 13, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Dave Page wrote:
>>
>>> A useful feature found in other DBMSs such as MS SQL Server that has
>>> been requested on these lists a few times, is the ability for a client
>>> application to report its name to the server.
>>
>> I've been following this thread closely and haven't seen mention of
>> including the setting as part of the process name, so a 'ps' (on Unix) would
>> display it. Thoughts?
>
> Isn't that cluttered enough already?

+1 for pg_stat_activity but not 'os' output.

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