Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > Can someone explain why pg_stat_activity has a column named procpid and
> > not simply pid? ?'pid' is that pg_locks uses, and 'procpid' is redundant
> > (proc-process-id). ?A mistake?
>
> Well, we refer to the slots that backends use as "procs" (really
> PGPROC), so I'm guessing that this was intended to mean "the pid
> associated with the proc". It might not be the greatest name but I
> can't see changing it now.
Agreed. Just pointing out this mistake slipped through.
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