Re: Patch: show xid and xmin in pg_stat_activity and pg_stat_replication - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Actually the part of that that bothers me is "xmin", which conflicts
>> with a reserved system column name.  While you can legally pick such
>> conflicting names for view columns, it's not going to be so much fun
>> when you try to join that view against some regular table.

> That's a fair point, too.  So maybe we should go with something like
> backend_xid and backend_xmin or some other prefix that we come up
> with.  My concern is more that I think they should be consistent
> somehow.

Works for me.
        regards, tom lane