Re: Remote troubleshooting session connection?

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: Jim Garrison <jim(dot)garrison(at)nwea(dot)org>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Remote troubleshooting session connection?
Date: 2014-04-04 22:46:45
Message-ID: 533F3655.3090005@aklaver.com
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On 04/04/2014 03:41 PM, Jim Garrison wrote:
> I'm working on an ETL system that is driven from Java/JDBC but is implemented mostly as SQL queries against a PostgreSQL database.
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> An ETL "job" runs inside its own transaction and consists of a series of queries that transform the data from staging tables to the destination tables. If a failure occurs, the transaction rolls back so there's no "debris" left over -- which makes troubleshooting very difficult.

Why not crank up the logging in postgresql.conf and then look at the
postgres logs?

>
> In the Java world we have JPDA, which allows us to connect to a running JVM to examine the state of variables and set breakpoints, etc.
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> Assuming I can pause the driving Java code between queries in a job, is there any way to connect from PGAdmin (or another tool) and view the state of tables in the in-progress transaction? If this is not currently possible, how difficult would it be to do?
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>

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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com

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