Re: Proposal for debugging of server-side stored procedures

Thomas Hallgren wrote:

> Ideally, all pl's should use the same protocol. It should be language 
> agnostic and allow different regions of the code to origin from 
> different languages. That way, it would be possible to single step a 
> plpgsql function that in turn calls a function in pljava. Incidentally, 
> the JDWP (Java Debug Wire Protocol) was designed to do just that. But I 
> think it would be very complicated to cross language boundaries even if 
> we did use that.
> 
> The JDWP and the architecture that surrounds it might be a good source 
> for inspiration though. See: 
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/jpda/architecture.html.

I have no idea if this would fit .. but just to throw something into the 
mix that was designed to be somewhat language agnostic (with a slant 
towards web scripting languages):
http://xdebug.org/docs-dbgp.php

If it seems like it could fit I can create contact with the two authors 
Derick and Shane to discuss this further.

regards,
Lukas