Thread: Track a function

Hi,

I've a plpgsql function that when called never ends and I would like
to trace the internal function commands and see where is the problem.

How can I trace what the function is doing?

Thank you!

Carlos

Carlos Henrique Reimer <carlos.reimer@opendb.com.br> schrieb:

> Hi,
>
> I've a plpgsql function that when called never ends and I would like to
> trace the internal function commands and see where is the problem.
>
> How can I trace what the function is doing?

You can use RAISE NOTICE 'i'm here %', variable;

to display where the function is and also the content of variables.


Andreas
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On 14/02/2009 16:34, Carlos Henrique Reimer wrote:

> I've a plpgsql function that when called never ends and I would like to
> trace the internal function commands and see where is the problem.
>
> How can I trace what the function is doing?

You could insert RAISE NOTICE statements into your code, to show where
it is at that point.

You could also try the PL/PGSQL debugger, which comes as a contrib
module - pgAdmin III can act as a client for it,

Ray.


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