Re: Client application name

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> writes:
>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Jaime Casanova
>> <jcasanov(at)systemguards(dot)com(dot)ec> wrote:
>>> besides, as Robert mention, because of pooler connections using a GUC
>>> is more appropiate...
>
>> I'd like both options to be available to the programmer.
>
> We have several things already that can be fed either from an
> environment variable or an option in the connection string.
> Is there any compelling reason why those two mechanisms aren't
> adequate for this?

Err, yes - see above. And didn't you also say it was essential to be
able to change it after the initial connection (for which the GUC
seems like the obvious solution)?

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