Re: IDLE in transaction introspection

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Scott Mead <scottm(at)openscg(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: IDLE in transaction introspection
Date: 2011-11-01 12:19:39
Message-ID: CA+U5nMJc5jkFp3b6MA2hUHbg-D5Lmd3PTE-fc-8NWzYK0_g5GA@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>> Actually, for the future, it might be useful to have a "state" column,
>> that holds the idle/in transaction/running status, instead of the
>> tools having to parse the query text to get that information...
>
> +1 for doing it this way.  Splitting "current_query" into "query" and
> "state" would be more elegant and easier to use all around.

Why not leave it exactly as it is, and add a previous_query column?

That gives you exactly what you need without breaking anything.

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