On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 8:11 PM, Michael Paquier <michael.paqu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 3:40 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> I notice looking at pg_stat_activity that the logical replication launcher >> sets its application_name to "logical replication launcher". This seems >> inconsistent (no other standard background process sets application_name), >> redundant with other columns that already tell you what it is, and an >> unreasonable consumption of horizontal space in the tabular output. >> Can we drop that? If we do have to have something like that, what about >> putting it in the "query" field where it's much less likely to be >> substantially wider than any other entry in the column? > > It seems to me that the logic behind that is to be able to identify > easily the logical replication launcher in pg_stat_activity, so using > the query field instead sounds fine for me as we need another way than > backend_type to guess what is this bgworker.
Wait, why do we need two ways? -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
