Re: Tracing libpq client: Only with PQtrace()?

[Sebastien Flaesch <sebastien.flaesch@xxxxxxx>]

Yep I got it, thanks for the suggestion!

Seb

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From: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 4:50 PM
To: Sebastien Flaesch <sebastien.flaesch@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Tracing libpq client: Only with PQtrace()?

 

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On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 8:51 AM Sebastien Flaesch <sebastien.flaesch@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Is the PQtrace() API the only way to enable libpq client tracing?

I thought about some environment variable of client configuration setting...

That's generally the job of the client, or more specifically, the driver providing the interface between your program and the libpq API. Unless you are writing at the low level yourself, in which case, you would need to have your program detect an env and call PQtrace() as needed. 

See for example https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::Pg#parse_trace_flag-and-parse_trace_flags 

Cheers,

Greg