Re: proposal: hide application_name from other users

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
> * Harold Giménez (harold@heroku.com) wrote:
>> This is a separate topic, but in such a case I'd want to know that
>> I've reached max_connections, which may not be a problem if I just
>> don't need any more connections, but I still need something connecting
>> to make sure the service is available at all and can respond to simple
>> SELECT 1 queries and a myriad of other things you'd want to keep track
>> of.
>
> I've never heard of an environment where you can be absolutely confident
> that you need exactly max_connections and zero more.  I seriously doubt
> one exists.
>
> The service is not available if only a superuser can connect, imv.

People push the limit all the time. They may run at 80% of their max
and occasionally (and temporarily) scale up to a known bounded level,
but no more.

-Harold