Re: procpid?

On 06/14/2011 08:04 PM, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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>> For me, the litmus test is whether the change provides enough
>> improvement that it outweighs the disruption when the user runs into
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> For the procpid that started all of this, the clear answer is no. I'm
> surprised people seriously considered making this change. It's a
> historical accident: document and move on.

It is a bug in consistency, the table pg_locks uses "pid" where 
pg_stat_activity uses "procpid". That is a bug and all bugs are 
accidents. We take a lot of care in fixing bugs.

This isn't just about a few characters in a query, it is about 
consistency and providing an overall more sane user experience. Frankly 
I don't care if we use procpid or pid but it should be one or the other 
not both.

Joshua D. Drake

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