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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2005-10-27 13:48:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2005-10-27 13:48:14 +0000 |
| commit | 0849955f3aee74e4dc208c2b03cab6e3a9c48bc6 (patch) | |
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Add mention of errfinish.
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diff --git a/doc/FAQ_DEV b/doc/FAQ_DEV index 6b75c7be449..ac8b8ff0aeb 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_DEV +++ b/doc/FAQ_DEV @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Developer's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL - Last updated: Mon Sep 19 21:28:08 EDT 2005 + Last updated: Thu Oct 27 09:48:14 EDT 2005 Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) @@ -798,11 +798,13 @@ typedef struct nameData If the postmaster is running, start psql in one window, then find the PID of the postgres process used by psql using SELECT pg_backend_pid(). Use a debugger to attach to the postgres PID. You - can set breakpoints in the debugger and issue queries from psql. If - you are debugging postgres startup, you can set PGOPTIONS="-W n", then - start psql. This will cause startup to delay for n seconds so you can - attach to the process with the debugger, set any breakpoints, and - continue through the startup sequence. + can set breakpoints in the debugger and issue queries from the other. + If you are looking to find the location that is generating an error or + log message, set a breakpoint at errfinish. psql. If you are debugging + postgres startup, you can set PGOPTIONS="-W n", then start psql. This + will cause startup to delay for n seconds so you can attach to the + process with the debugger, set any breakpoints, and continue through + the startup sequence. You can also compile with profiling to see what functions are taking execution time. The backend profile files will be deposited in the |