On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> John R Pierce <pie...@hogranch.com> writes:
>> /me tossed another mumbled curse at whomever changed that field name.
>
> The reason for the field name change was that the semantics of the field
> changed.  You typically ought to look at what the application is
> actually doing with the field, not just do s/current_query/query/g
> and expect that all will be well.  (In particular, if the app is looking
> for "idle" or "idle in transaction" state markers, it's going to need
> more adjustment than that.)

IMSNHO, neither of these should have been changed, I would much rather
have seen a new view or some other way of opting into the new
functionality.

merlin


-- 
Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org)
To make changes to your subscription:
http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers

Reply via email to