Re: getting dbname through SPI - Mailing list pgsql-interfaces

From Gregory Scott WEBBER
Subject Re: getting dbname through SPI
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Msg-id Pine.GSO.3.95.981013181355.25945B-100000@holly.cs.mu.OZ.AU
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In response to getting dbname through SPI  (Gregory Scott WEBBER <gsw@students.cs.mu.OZ.AU>)
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Hi Again,

After one of the guys working on this system poked around for a bit he
figured out that this piece of info was available in a global variable
called 'DatabaseName'.  Unfortunately this couldn't be found in any docs.

Cheers,

Greg

> Is it possible to get the dbname via SPI?  The situation is as that from
> many trigger functions our package installs on tables with a db, an
> external daemon is contacted with some information about particular
> transactions that have taken place.  In the situation where multiple
> (similarly configured) databases are simultaneously live it is imperative
> that the database in which the trigger was fired is known (by name) so the
> aforementioned daemon can deal with the incoming information properly.


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