Re: Small patch to replace 'idle' by 'trans' if transaction is still open

Tom Lane writes:

> Christof Petig <christof(dot)petig(at)wtal(dot)de> writes:
> > I would even propose 'idle (transaction open)' if you agree. (Seemed too
> > long for me)
>
> No, the ps strings have got to be *short*. A lot of platforms have a
> tight limit on how much command string ps will show. I thought 'trans'
> was OK, though perhaps someone has an even better idea?

Since nothing follows the status indicator in the ps display you can
really make it as long as you want; the rest will be truncated. So you
might want to put it "transaction (idle)", so that the essential
information is first.

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