Re: Progress bar updates

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chris(dot)kings-lynne(at)calorieking(dot)com>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Progress bar updates
Date: 2006-07-20 01:39:21
Message-ID: 44BEDEC9.7000300@calorieking.com
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> It would be the most practical way for a DBA to monitor an application. But
> it's not going to be convenient for clients like pgadmin or psql. Even a web
> server may want to, for example, stream ajax code updating a progress bar
> until it has results and then stream the ajax to display the results. Having
> to get the backend pid before your query and then open a second database
> connection to monitor your first connection would be extra footwork for
> nothing.

But that said, it CAN be coded and work just fine no?

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