Re: proposal: psql: psql variable BACKEND_PID

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: proposal: psql: psql variable BACKEND_PID
Date: 2023-02-11 21:05:03
Message-ID: 20230211210503.kqvno4iplx6lnalx@awork3.anarazel.de
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On 2023-02-04 15:35:58 -0500, Corey Huinker wrote:
> This effectively makes the %p prompt (which I use in the example above) the
> same as %:BACKEND_PID: and we may want to note that in the documentation.

I don't really see much of a point in noting this in the doc. I don't know in
what situation a user would be helped by reading

+ This substitution is almost equal to using <literal>%:BACKEND_PID:</literal>,
+ but it is safer, because psql variable can be overwriten or unset.

or just about any reformulation of that?

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