Re: [HACKERS] Optional message to user when terminating/cancelling backend

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Onder Kalaci <onder(at)citusdata(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Optional message to user when terminating/cancelling backend
Date: 2018-07-06 01:47:05
Message-ID: 20180706014705.GE2366@paquier.xyz
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On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 12:18:02PM +1200, Thomas Munro wrote:
> 6118 --select pg_cancel_backend(pg_backend_pid(), 'it brings on many changes');
> 6119 select pg_cancel_backend(pg_backend_pid(), NULL);
> 6120! ERROR: canceling statement due to user request
> 6121--- 25,32 ----
> 6122
> 6123 --select pg_cancel_backend(pg_backend_pid(), 'it brings on many changes');
> 6124 select pg_cancel_backend(pg_backend_pid(), NULL);
> 6125! pg_cancel_backend
> 6126! -------------------
> 6127! t
>
> Apparently Windows can take or leave it as it pleases.
>
> https://ci.appveyor.com/project/postgresql-cfbot/postgresql/build/1.0.4488

The test coverage looks adapted if it is possible to catch such
failures, so that's nice.

+select pg_cancel_backend();
+ERROR: function pg_cancel_backend() does not exist
+LINE 1: select pg_cancel_backend();
This negative test is not really necessary.
--
Michael

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