Re: Application name for pg_basebackup and friends

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
To: jesper(dot)pedersen(at)redhat(dot)com, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Application name for pg_basebackup and friends
Date: 2019-10-31 13:10:35
Message-ID: 49f629b0-9862-1d70-f38f-2ee2c1da38c8@iki.fi
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On 31/10/2019 14:52, Jesper Pedersen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The attached patch adds an -a / --appname command line switch to
> pg_basebackup, pg_receivewal and pg_recvlogical.
>
> This is useful when f.ex. pg_receivewal needs to connect as a
> synchronous client (synchronous_standby_names),
>
> pg_receivewal -h myhost -p 5432 -S replica1 -a replica1 --synchronous
> -D /wal
>
> I'll add the patch to the CommitFest for discussion, as there is overlap
> with the -d switch.

You can already set application name with the environment variable or on
the database connections string:

pg_receivewal -D /wal -d "host=myhost application_name=myreceiver"

I don't think we need a new comand line switch for it.

- Heikki

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