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.
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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
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