Re: Re: Proposed Windows-specific change: Enable crash dumps (like core files)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: Proposed Windows-specific change: Enable crash dumps (like core files)
Date: 2010-11-23 21:42:01
Message-ID: 18077.1290548521@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 15:09, Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au> wrote:
>> Yep. That's how I'd want to do it in 9.1 - test for the directory and use
>> that to decide whether to set the handler during early backend startup. That
>> way you don't need a GUC, and should be able to load it *very* early in
>> backend startup.

> Or you set the handler always, and have the handler only actually
> create the dump if the directory exists.

+1 for that way.

regards, tom lane

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