Re: [9.1] pg_stat_get_backend_server_addr

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [9.1] pg_stat_get_backend_server_addr
Date: 2010-05-28 14:19:02
Message-ID: 24926.1275056342@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> ... indeed. Is it worth burdening the pg_stats mechanism with this?
>> The use case seems vanishingly thin.

> I am confused how this is different from inet_server_addr() and
> inet_server_port().

I think the point is to let someone find out *from another session*
which server port number a particular session is using. I fail to see
a significant use case for that, though.

regards, tom lane

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