On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 09:41:42PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 09:40:15AM +0800, Julien Rouhaud wrote: > > On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 8:13 AM Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 08:04:37PM -0400, Álvaro Herrera wrote: > > > > Here's a first attempt at what was suggested. If you say "auto" it > > > > remains auto in SHOW, but it gets enabled if a module asks for it. > > > > > > > > Not final yet, but I thought I'd throw it out for early commentary ... > > > > > > I certainly like this idea better than having the extension change the > > > output of the GUC. > > > > Oh, I didn't understand that it was the major blocker. I'm fine with it > > too. > > I think if we keep the output as 'auto', and document that you check > pg_stat_activity for a hash to see if it is enabled, that gets us pretty > far.
I think keeping the output as 'auto', and documenting that this query must be run to determine if the query id is being computed: SELECT query_id FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE pid = pg_backend_pid(); is the right approach. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com If only the physical world exists, free will is an illusion.