Re: [9.1] pg_stat_get_backend_server_addr

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On fre, 2010-05-28 at 10:21 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> > > Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > > > Tom Lane wrote:
> > > >> ... indeed.  Is it worth burdening the pg_stats mechanism with this?
> > > >> The use case seems vanishingly thin.
> > > 
> > > > I am confused how this is different from inet_server_addr() and
> > > > inet_server_port().  
> > > 
> > > I think the point is to let someone find out *from another session*
> > > which server port number a particular session is using.  I fail to see
> > > a significant use case for that, though.
> > 
> > Uh, aren't they all using the same server port number, e.g. 5432?  Is
> > the issue different IP addresses for the same server?
> 
> Yes, I would like to know who is connecting to what IP address.  It's
> useful if you have HA setups and you need to check which way your
> connections are going.

OK, at least now I understand the goal.

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