I think the idea is that if you do that, it'll be there all the time, potentially "crowding the space".
//Magnus 2010/1/27 Martin Atukunda <matl...@gmail.com>: > How about using the psql prompt to convey this information? IIRC the psql > prompt can be configured to show the hostname, server, port and other fields. > Wouldn't this be enough? or am I missing something? > > - Martin - > > On 27 Jan 2010, at 13:01, Magnus Hagander wrote: > >> 2010/1/27 Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com>: >>> >>> On 1/26/10 3:24 PM, David Christensen wrote: >>>> >>>> -hackers, >>>> >>>> In the spirit of small, but hopefully useful interface improvement >>>> patches, enclosed for your review is a patch for providing psql with a >>>> \whoami command (maybe a better name is \conninfo or similar). Its >>>> purpose is to print information about the current connection, by default >>>> in a human-readable format. There is also an optional format parameter >>>> which currently accepts 'dsn' as an option to output the current >>>> connection information as a DSN. >> >> On a first note, it seems like the check for the parameter "dsn" isn't >> "complete". Without testing it, it looks like it would be possible to >> run "\whoami foobar", which should give an error. >> >> >>> oooh, I could really use this. +1 to put it in 9.1-first CF. >>> >>> however, \conninfo is probably the better name. And what about a >> >> +1 on that name. >> >>> postgresql function version for non-psql connections? >> >> How could that function possibly know what the connection looks like >> from the client side? Think NAT, think proxies, think connection >> poolers. >> >> -- >> Magnus Hagander >> Me: http://www.hagander.net/ >> Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ >> >> -- >> Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) >> To make changes to your subscription: >> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers > > -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
