Re: libpq: Add PQapplicationname() function

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: songjinzhou <tsinghualucky912(at)foxmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Japin Li <japinli(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: libpq: Add PQapplicationname() function
Date: 2025-04-29 15:27:05
Message-ID: CAKFQuwZucqaCncNFGqEzYnP2WWonEDv-uR2ycA1LCoAg=No5Tw@mail.gmail.com
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On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, songjinzhou <tsinghualucky912(at)foxmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> Dear hackers, here is a libpq function: PQapplicationname(), I think it
> may be of some use.
>

You really should provide at least one reasoned use case for why this
should exist.

>
> Looking forward to your reply, thank you.
>
>
This isn’t even the correct code to use for this. PQparameterStatus is
where you’d access application_name. I don’t see a good reason in
providing multiple ways to get access to the same data value.

David J.

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