Re: java access to the backend (non jdbc)? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Well, I wrote pgmonitor on gborg.postgresql.org, which is like top for
PostgreSQL, but is in TCL.  It uses ps internally.

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Shahbaz Chaudhary wrote:
> Sorry, I don't think I made myself clear.  I don't want to query the DB
> every few seconds to get its current status.  I want to keep an open an
> open connection and have immediate access to all information like I have
> when I set the debug level high and see everything going on inside the
> DB right on my machine.
> 
> I guess think of it as a dashboard that constantly displays the db
> status.  Something like 'top' rather than 'ps -ef|grep .....'.
> 
> As far as I understand, JDBC is just a mechanism to connect to a db,
> execute queries, etc., not get this kind of info.
> 
> Shahbaz C.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Momjian
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 7:18 PM
> To: Shahbaz Chaudhary
> Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] java access to the backend (non jdbc)?
> 
> 
> Well, we have jdbc at jdbc.postgresql.org.
> 
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> Shahbaz Chaudhary wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I was wondering if there is a libq or libqxx type library written in
> > java.  Even if it is done through jni.  I would like to do some
> > experiments, perhaps make a utility that reads server information such
> > as currently executing query, current locks, amount of disk/ram taken
> up
> > by pgsql.  Basically some very useful information for admins.  I've
> > forgotten most of C, C++ (from college days), but would love to try my
> > hand at such a utility...I'm sure there are others who would like to
> use
> > java to access such a backend.  Any pointers?
> > 
> > Shahbaz C.
> > 
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