Re: Change pg_cancel_*() to ignore current backend

From: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>
To: <fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Change pg_cancel_*() to ignore current backend
Date: 2015-05-20 05:40:08
Message-ID: 555C1E38.9020905@BlueTreble.com
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On 5/19/15 9:19 PM, Fabrízio de Royes Mello wrote:
> We could add a second parameter to the current functions:
> allow_own_pid DEFAULT false. To me that seems better than an
> entirely separate set of functions.
>
>
> +1 to add a second parameter to current functions.

Instead of allow_own_pid, I went with skip_own_pid. I have the function
still returning true even when it skips it's own PID... that seems a bit
weird, but I think it's better than returning false. Unless someone
thinks it should return NULL, but I don't see that as any better either.
--
Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting
Data in Trouble? Get it in Treble! http://BlueTreble.com

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