Thread: Debug PostgreSQL function using pgAdmin

Debug PostgreSQL function using pgAdmin

From
Ken Chan
Date:
I refer this (http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/214-Using-PgAdmin-PLPgSQL-Debugger.html)  to enable the debugger in the PostgreSQL server in order to debugging the plpgsql function by stepping through the codes using the pgadmin.

I have already set shared_preload_libraries = '$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll' in the postgresql.conf, run pldbgapi.sql , and restarted the server.

These steps should have been run successfully and plugin_debugger.dll should be loaded successfully as can be verified by using the command show shared_preload_libraries, and I can see the debugging option in the context menu with a right click on a function in pgAdmin.

When choosing "Debugging" --> Debug, a window pops up to allow me to enter the values for the input parameters. But after that, when I press OK, it does not respond at all.

Any ideas or did I miss something in the setup of the debugger on the server??

I am using PostgreSQL 8.3  on window XP and pgAdmin 1.14.

For more information including the screen captures , please refer to my questions at 


Thanks and best regards,
Ken

Re: Debug PostgreSQL function using pgAdmin

From
Guillaume Lelarge
Date:
On Mon, 2011-10-24 at 01:42 +0800, Ken Chan wrote:
> I refer this (
> http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/214-Using-PgAdmin-PLPgSQL-Debugger.html)
>  to enable the debugger in the PostgreSQL server in order to debugging the
> plpgsql function by stepping through the codes using the pgadmin.
> 
> I have already set shared_preload_libraries =
> '$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll' in the postgresql.conf, run
> pldbgapi.sql , and restarted the server.
> 
> These steps should have been run successfully and plugin_debugger.dll should
> be loaded successfully as can be verified by using the command show
> shared_preload_libraries, and I can see the debugging option in the context
> menu with a right click on a function in pgAdmin.
> 
> When choosing "Debugging" --> Debug, a window pops up to allow me to enter
> the values for the input parameters. But after that, when I press OK, it
> does not respond at all.
> 
> Any ideas or did I miss something in the setup of the debugger on the
> server??
> 

Nope, seems you did it the right way.


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