Re: Debug PostgreSQL function using pgAdmin

On Mon, 2011-10-24 at 01:42 +0800, Ken Chan wrote:
> I refer this (
> http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/214-Using-PgAdmin-PLPgSQL-Debugger.html)
> to enable the debugger in the PostgreSQL server in order to debugging the
> plpgsql function by stepping through the codes using the pgadmin.
>
> I have already set shared_preload_libraries =
> '$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll' in the postgresql.conf, run
> pldbgapi.sql , and restarted the server.
>
> These steps should have been run successfully and plugin_debugger.dll should
> be loaded successfully as can be verified by using the command show
> shared_preload_libraries, and I can see the debugging option in the context
> menu with a right click on a function in pgAdmin.
>
> When choosing "Debugging" --> Debug, a window pops up to allow me to enter
> the values for the input parameters. But after that, when I press OK, it
> does not respond at all.
>
> Any ideas or did I miss something in the setup of the debugger on the
> server??
>

Nope, seems you did it the right way.

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