Re: Application name patch - v3

Le 08/01/2010 23:22, Guillaume Lelarge a écrit :
> Le 07/01/2010 19:13, Robert Haas a écrit :
>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Guillaume Lelarge
>> <guillaume@lelarge.info> wrote:
>>> Le 04/01/2010 22:36, Guillaume Lelarge a écrit :
>>>> Le 29/12/2009 14:12, Guillaume Lelarge a écrit :
>>>>> Le 29/12/2009 00:03, Guillaume Lelarge a écrit :
>>>>>> Le 28/12/2009 22:59, Tom Lane a écrit :
>>>>>>> Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info> writes:
>>>>>>>> Le 28/12/2009 17:06, Tom Lane a écrit :
>>>>>>>>> I think we were stalled on the question of whether to use one array
>>>>>>>>> or two parallel arrays.  Do you want to try coding up a sample usage
>>>>>>>>> of each possibility so we can see which one seems more useful?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm interested in working on this. But I don't find the thread that talk
>>>>>>>> about this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Try here
>>>>>>> http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/4AAE8CCF.9070808@esilo.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks. I've read all the "new version of PQconnectdb" and "Determining
>>>>>> client_encoding from client locale" threads. I think I understand the
>>>>>> goal. Still need to re-read this one
>>>>>> (http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/6222.1253734019@sss.pgh.pa.us) and
>>>>>> completely understand it (will probably need to look at the code, at
>>>>>> least the PQconnectdb one). But I'm definitely working on this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If I try to sum up my readings so far, this is what we still have to do:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. try the one-array approach
>>>>>    PGconn *PQconnectParams(const char **params)
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. try the two-arrays approach
>>>>>    PGconn *PQconnectParams(const char **keywords, const char **values)
>>>>>
>>>>> Instead of doing a wrapper around PQconnectdb, we need to refactor the
>>>>> whole function, so that we can get rid of the parsing of the conninfo
>>>>> string (which is quite complicated).
>>>>>
>>>>> Using psql as an example would be a good idea, AFAICT.
>>>>>
>>>>> Am I right? did I misunderstand or forget something?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I supposed I was right since noone yell at me :)
>>>>
>>>> I worked on this tonight. You'll find two patches attached, one for the
>>>> one-array approach, one for the two-arrays approach. I know some more
>>>> factoring can be done (at least, the "get the fallback resources..."
>>>> part). I'm OK to do them. I just need to know if I'm on the right track.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hmmm... sorry but... can i have some comments on these two patches, please?
>>
>> I would suggest adding your patch(es) to:
>>
>> https://commitfest.postgresql.org/action/commitfest_view/open
>>
>> Probably just one entry for the two of them would be most appropriate.
>>
>
> Done. Thanks.
>

New patches because the old ones didn't apply anymore, due to recent CVS
commits.


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