Thread: pgAdmin III / Debugger does not work

<p style="margin: 0px;">Hi,<p style="margin: 0px;"> <p style="margin: 0px;">after installing postgSQL 9.1.2 including
pgAdminIII 1.14 on Windows XP i tried to activate the debugger.<p style="margin: 0px;"> <p style="margin: 0px;">I
followedthe instructions<p style="margin: 0px;"> <p style="margin: 0px;">1. Edit the postgresql.conf file in the data
directoryand modify the shared_preload_libraries config option to look like the following, <br /><br />Windows:<p
style="margin:0px;"> <p style="margin: 0px;">shared_preload_libraries = '$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll' <br /><br
/>2.Restart the PostgreSQL server. <br /><br />3. Run <Installation directory>/share/contrib/pldbgapi.sql on
Windowsin the database you wish to debug using psql or the pgAdmin query tool.<p style="margin: 0px;"> <p
style="margin:0px;">Every Step worked and is verified, but the debugger in pgAdmin remains disabled.<p style="margin:
0px;"> <pstyle="margin: 0px;">Restarting the server, it says that the plugin_debugger.dll is loaded. The generated
functions(pldbapi.sql) are displayed and available in the database, but however pgAdmin seems not to recognize the
debuggerplugin. <p style="margin: 0px;"> <p style="margin: 0px;">What can I do? I need the debugger to debug functions
andfor a postgreSQL presentation that takes place at Friday.<p style="margin: 0px;"> <p style="margin: 0px;">Thanks in
advance.<pstyle="margin: 0px;"> <p style="margin: 0px;">Best regards<p style="margin: 0px;">Ulrike<p style="margin:
0px;"> <pstyle="margin: 0px;"><br /><br /> 

On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 11:40 +0100, ulrike.sauer@t-online.de wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
>     after installing postgSQL 9.1.2 including pgAdmin III 1.14 on Windows
> XP i tried to activate the debugger. 
> 
>     I followed the instructions 
> 
>     1. Edit the postgresql.conf file in the data directory and modify the
> shared_preload_libraries config option to look like the following, 
> 
> Windows: 
> 
>     shared_preload_libraries = '$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll' 
> 

Can you try without the '.dll' in the name? I never add .dll and .so
extensions for shared libraries in shared_preload_libraries GUC.

> 2. Restart the PostgreSQL server. 
> 
> 3. Run <Installation directory>/share/contrib/pldbgapi.sql on Windows
> in the database you wish to debug using psql or the pgAdmin query
> tool. 
> 
>     Every Step worked and is verified, but the debugger in pgAdmin
> remains disabled. 
> 
>     Restarting the server, it says that the plugin_debugger.dll is
> loaded. The generated functions (pldbapi.sql) are displayed and
> available in the database, but however pgAdmin seems not to recognize
> the debugger plugin.  
> 
>     What can I do? I need the debugger to debug functions and for a
> postgreSQL presentation that takes place at Friday. 
> 

Sorry for not responding sooner. I installed the debugger on a 9.1.2
PostgreSQL server, and pgAdmin 1.14.1 sees it, and allows me to launch
the debugger.

So, two questions:

1. are you sure you're connected to the database with the  pldbg_get_target_info and edb_oid_debug functions?

2. are you sure you selected a plgpsql function? (I ask this because I  just went through a lot of troubles debugging
pgAdminto finally  notice that I had selected a sql function... I know, pretty silly of  me :) )
 


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