Re: [HACKERS] "txn" in pg_stat_activity

2007-09-10 Thread Tom Lane
Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I personally find "xact" to be a less intuitive abbreviation of > "transaction" than "txn", but for the sake of consistency, I agree it is > probably better to use "xact_start". Barring other objections, I'll go make this happen. r

Re: [HACKERS] "txn" in pg_stat_activity

2007-09-10 Thread Neil Conway
On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 21:04 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > I have just noticed that a column "txn_start" has appeared in > pg_stat_activity since 8.2. It's a good idea, but who chose the name? Me. > I'm inclined to rename it to "xact_start", which is an abbreviation > that we *do* use in the code, and

[HACKERS] "txn" in pg_stat_activity

2007-09-10 Thread Tom Lane
I have just noticed that a column "txn_start" has appeared in pg_stat_activity since 8.2. It's a good idea, but who chose the name? We do not use that abbreviation for "transaction" anywhere else in Postgres, certainly not in any user-exposed places. I'm inclined to rename it to "xact_start", whi