Re: proposal: psql: show current user in prompt

On Tue, 12 Sept 2023 at 14:39, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:
>
> On 11.09.23 13:59, Jelte Fennema wrote:
> > @Tom and @Robert, since you originally suggested extending the
> > protocol for this, I think some input from you on the protocol design
> > would be quite helpful. BTW, this protocol extension is the main
> > reason I personally care for this patch, because it would allow
> > PgBouncer to ask for updates on certain GUCs so that it can preserve
> > session level SET commands even in transaction pooling mode.
> > Right now PgBouncer can only do this for a handful of GUCs, but
> > there's quite a few others that are useful for PgBouncer to preserve
> > by default:
> > - search_path
> > - statement_timeout
> > - lock_timeout
>
> ISTM that for a purpose like pgbouncer, it would be simpler to add a new
> GUC "report these variables" and send that in the startup message?  That
> might not help with the psql use case, but it would be much simpler.

I have changed the status to "Waiting on Author" as Peter's comments
have not been followed up yet.

Regards,
Vignesh