Re: Debugger - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Hannes Eder
Subject Re: Debugger
Date
Msg-id 46F2307C.4080505@HannesEder.net
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In response to Re: Debugger  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut schrieb:
> Pedro Belmino wrote:
>   
>> I am with a problem. When I am using debugger, breakpoints that they
>> are inside of main function (stop the execution in the marked point)
>> but when breakpoint is marked in another archive (index.c for
>> example) breakpoint does not function (the execution in the point
>> does not stop), because this happens?
>>     
>
> There is a fork() happen between the main function and what you are 
> probably looking for break at.  You need to attach to the session 
> process after it forks, not to the main postmaster process.
>
>   
If you just want a single backend, and entering sql commands to the
"backend>" prompt is enough for you, you should consider using the
command line argument --single DATABASE for debugging.

see also:

http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/app-postgres.html

-Hannes



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