Yes, nice and simple. I just did this in C and it works ok! hostname.c =========================================== #include <unistd.h> #include "postgres.h" #include "utils/elog.h" #include "utils/palloc.h" #include "storage/bufpage.h" #define MAX_HOST_SIZE 200 PG_MODULE_MAGIC; PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(hostname); Datum hostname(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS); Datum hostname(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) { int len; char buf[MAX_HOST_SIZE + 1]; text *result; gethostname(buf,MAX_HOST_SIZE); len = strlen(buf); //elog(NOTICE, "hostname=%s\n",buf); result=(text *)palloc(len + VARHDRSZ); SET_VARSIZE(result, len + VARHDRSZ); memcpy(VARDATA(result),buf,strlen(buf)); PG_RETURN_POINTER(result); } Makefile =========================================== MODULE_big = hostname OBJS = hostname.o ifdef USE_PGXS PG_CONFIG = pg_config PGXS := $(shell $(PG_CONFIG) --pgxs) include $(PGXS) else subdir = /var/lib/pgsql/src/Ccode/hostname top_builddir = /usr/local/src/postgresql-8.3.3 include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global include $(top_srcdir)/contrib/contrib-global.mk endif hostname.sql ================================================== CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION hostname() RETURNS text AS '$libdir/hostname', 'hostname' LANGUAGE c IMMUTABLE STRICT; Στις Friday 30 April 2010 17:43:49 ο/η Glyn Astill έγραψε: > --- On Fri, 30/4/10, Ross J. Reedstrom <reedstrm@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a number of PostgreSQL servers which I often > > access through ssh > > > tunnel with Pgadmin3. I would like to double check > > which one I have landed > > > on (if the tunnel is really configured the way I > > want). Is there a way to > > > query the hostname from the catalogs? > > > > Hmm, that's a bit tricky, since I assume you're using a > > local db > > connection inside the tunnel, so inet_server_addr() > > probably returns > > null. If you're talking unix/linux machines, then > > /etc/hostname _should_ > > have the current hostname in it, so: > > > > create temp table foo (t text); > > copy foo from '/etc/hostname'; > > select * from foo; > > drop table foo; > > > > Should work. > > > > Or you could do something like: > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION hostname() > RETURNS text AS > $BODY$ > $host = `hostname`; > return $host; > $BODY$ > LANGUAGE 'plperlu'; > > > > > > -- Achilleas Mantzios -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin