Vik Fearing <vik.fear...@dalibo.com> writes: >>> The attached patch implements a pg_system_identifier() function that >>> exposes it. > > It's information about the server that's only accessible through > pg_controldata. I don't know if that's justification enough, which is > why I didn't add it to the commitfest yet.
We already have two extensions to expose pg_controldata output at the SQL level, and I think we should just include the facility in core. https://github.com/jconway/pg_controldata http://labs.omniti.com/labs/pgtreats/browser/trunk/contrib/control Regards, -- Dimitri Fontaine http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers