> It would be the most practical way for a DBA to monitor an application. But
> it's not going to be convenient for clients like pgadmin or psql. Even a web
> server may want to, for example, stream ajax code updating a progress bar
> until it has results and then stream the ajax to display the results. Having
> to get the backend pid before your query and then open a second database
> connection to monitor your first connection would be extra footwork for
> nothing.
But that said, it CAN be coded and work just fine no?
