Re: Columns of pg_stat_activity

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 05:14:51PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 09:50:43PM +0100, Thom Brown wrote:
> >> On 11 April 2012 21:46, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> >>> Arguably:
> >>> backend_start -> session_start
> >>> query_start -> statment_start
>
> >> Sounds like a lot of potential breakage to solve something I don't
> >> think is a problem. Besides, isn't the door for 9.2 changes now
> >> closed and bolted?
>
> We do still have open issues that include such proposed changes,
> so I'd say that "too late" isn't a good argument. However ...
>
> > Well, we renamed procpid -> pid and I noticed these others. Not sure if
> > it is a win or not, but just asking.
>
> We were talking about renaming columns if we changed their semantics.
> I don't think renaming for the sake of a slightly cleaner name will
> win us any friends.

The "procpid" change was for accuracy, I guess.

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