Re: More schema queries

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Page
> Sent: 21 May 2002 14:39
> To: 'Tom Lane'
> Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: RE: [HACKERS] More schema queries
>
>
> > Also, you could try setting a breakpoint at
> > RangeVarGetCreationNamespace (in backend/catalog/namespace.c)
> > to see what it thinks it's doing and what's in
> > namespace_search_path at the time.
>
> I'm going to try to do this regardless of the fact it now
> works - this will be my first play with gdb so it might take
> me a while but would probably be a useful learning
> experience. I'll let you know what I find.
>

Sorry Tom, I know this isn't strictly a PostgreSQL problem, but despite
much time on Google I'm stuck with gdb. I can attach it to the
standalone backend at the relevant point in initdb, and have got it to
break in RangeVarGetCreationNamespace. I can also see the call stack &
registers etc.

What I cannot do is get it to show me anything useful. I only seem to be
able to step through the assembly code (is it possible to load the C
source?), and more importantly, adding a watch (or print-ing)
namespace_search_path gives: 167839776. Attempting to watch or print
namespaceId gives 'Error: No symbol "namespaceId" in current context.'.

I'd appreciate any pointers you can give me...

Regards, Dave.