> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> pg_locks certainly seems like a better solution.  Perhaps it didn't
> exist when you went with pg_stat_activity?  Can't recall offhand.

Neither do I...  But I do need something that will work with at least any
recent backend version--say, 7.2 or since.  The more the better, really. 
Any idea how old pg_locks is?


> Note that you still want to look for your old backend's PID; it seems
> impractically expensive to keep track of the current transaction's XID.
> (At a minimum that would cost another query per xact...)

Yes, I see now--I thought I had the transaction ID handy already anyway,
but I didn't.  Thanks.


Jeroen



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