On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 13:19, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
>>>> Actually, for the future, it might be useful to have a "state" column,
>>>> that holds the idle/in transaction/running status, instead of the
>>>> tools having to parse the query text to get that information...
>>>
>>> +1 for doing it this way. Splitting "current_query" into "query" and
>>> "state" would be more elegant and easier to use all around.
>>
>> Why not leave it exactly as it is, and add a previous_query column?
>>
>> That gives you exactly what you need without breaking anything.
>
> That would be the backwards compatible way I suggested.
Sorry Magnus, I hadn't read the whole thread.
+1 to your suggestion.
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