8.1 system info / admin functions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Neil Conway
Subject 8.1 system info / admin functions
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Msg-id 43278837.3080901@samurai.com
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Two minor gripes about these new functions:

(1) I think pg_total_relation_size() is a bit more concise and clear 
than pg_complete_relation_size().

(2) pg_cancel_backend(), pg_reload_conf(), and pg_rotate_logfile() all 
return an int indicating success (1) or failure (0). Why shouldn't these 
functions return a boolean?

(Presumably there is a good reason why these functions return a status 
code at all, rather than aborting via elog on error -- right?)

-Neil


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