Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> writes: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> Also, I am wondering exactly what you think psql would *do* with the >> parameter if it had it. If the answer is "force the setting to be >> 'psql'", that's the wrong answer. IMO you'd really want the environment >> variable to take precedence over that, if set. But libpq considers the >> priority to go the other way.
> Well in the psql case, it could flip that priority itself and only set > the value if the environment variable wasn't set - which I agree would > seem the right thing to do. On further thought, it would seem > reasonable to do the same in the other apps as well, so you could have > your backup script do something like "PGAPPLICATIONNAME="Nightly > backup" /usr/bin/pg_dump ..." Hmm. Maybe this is a generic problem. Should libpq offer some sort of help? Maybe a "secondaryappname" parameter that doesn't override the env variable. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers