Re: BUG #12746: Backward compatibility is broken 9.2: pg_stat_activity.procpid renamed to pid

From: Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to>
To: nad2000(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #12746: Backward compatibility is broken 9.2: pg_stat_activity.procpid renamed to pid
Date: 2015-02-08 22:46:43
Message-ID: 54D7E753.3070902@joh.to
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On 2015-02-08 23:43, nad2000(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
> I run an app that should support both 9.0 and 9.4. I found that at 9.2 the
> pg_stat_activity column porcpid was renamed to pid. It broke the app. To
> solve it I had to introduce conditional querying for different versions.
> I don't think it's right time to do any aesthetically motivated changes at
> this stage.

9.2 was released over two years ago. I think it was a mistake to rename
it, but it's a bit too late object. Renaming it back to "procpid"
wouldn't help anyone.

.m

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