* Stephen Frost (sfrost@snowman.net) wrote:
> > 3. It messes around with pg_signal_backend(). There are currently no
> > cases in which pg_signal_backend() throws an error, which is good,
> > because it lets you write queries against pg_stat_activity() that
> > don't fail halfway through, even if you are missing permissions on
> > some things. This patch introduces such a case, which is bad.
>
> Good point, I'll move that check up into the other functions, which will
> allow for a more descriptive error as well.
Err, I'm missing something here, as pg_signal_backend() is a misc.c
static internal function? How would you be calling it from a query
against pg_stat_activity()?
I'm fine making the change anyway, just curious..
Thanks,
Stephen
