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On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:58:21 +0000
Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org> wrote:
> Neil Conway wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 19:27 +0000, Dave Page wrote:
> >> Whilst doing some profiling of the server I found it useful to add
> >> an option to pgbench to introduce a delay between client
> >> connection setup and the start of the benchmark itself to allow me
> >> time to attach the profiler to one of the backends.
> >
> > "postgres -W n" already does this. It is more flexible to put this
> > functionality in the backend that in individual client apps anyway.
>
> I'm aware of postgres -W, but wanted something that wouldn't get in
> the way of other connections and would only affect my pgbench tests.
>
> If the patch is of no interest, please just ignore it. I just posted
> it for anyone that may find it useful - I'm not pushing to have it
> committed.
I see use for it. Especially in a development environment where you may
have various things going on that you have no control over. It is
rude to send out a broadcast that says, "Yo... I need to restart
postgresql, please stop all productive tasks on your end because I am
more important."
+1 on enabling client side behavior.
Joshua D. Drake
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