On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 17:29, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> writes: >> Since we now show the application name in pg_stat_replication, I think >> it would make sense to have the walreceiver set >> fallback_application_name on the connection string, like so: > > Seems reasonable, but "postgres" is a mighty poor choice of name > for that, no? I don't have any really great substitute suggestion > --- best I can do offhand is "walreceiver" --- but "postgres" seems > uselessly generic, not to mention potentially confusing compared > to the default superuser name for instance.
I agree it's not a great name. Is "walreceiver" something that "the average DBA" is going to realize what it is? Perhaps go for something like "replication slave"? -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
