Re: getpid() function

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>, Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: getpid() function
Date: 2002-08-04 02:19:36
Message-ID: 6235.1028427576@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> As I remember, most cases where people have recently been asking for
> backend pid were related to temp tables because they were named by pid.

Ah, good point.

> I don't think they are anymore. (?)

Check.

> We can do two things. We can either rename it to pg_backend_pid and
> move it to the statistics section in the docs, where the backend pids of
> all active backends are available, or remove my code additions and see
> if anyone asks for it in 7.3.

Let's take it out and wait to see if anyone really still wants it.

regards, tom lane

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