Re: debugging PostgreSQL

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
To: gevik(at)xs4all(dot)nl
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: debugging PostgreSQL
Date: 2004-11-09 17:10:15
Message-ID: 20041109171015.GC9935@surnet.cl
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On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 09:16:34AM +0100, gevik(at)xs4all(dot)nl wrote:

> Could someone be so kind to give me some pointers about how
> to debug pg. I would like to know which debugger you use under windows and
> linux

GDB. The mechanism is simple: start a connection, and in a terminal
window get the backend's PID with ps(1), then call gdb -p <pid>.

I assume this would also work with other debuggers or GDB frontends, but
I haven't tried.

--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"El número de instalaciones de UNIX se ha elevado a 10,
y se espera que este número aumente" (UPM, 1972)

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