Re: Comments on Custom RMGRs

Danil Anisimow <anisimow.d@gmail.com>

From: Danil Anisimow <anisimow.d@gmail.com>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon.riggs@enterprisedb.com>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-02-29T14:47:57Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 2:56 AM Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> wrote:
> Let's pick this discussion back up, then. Where should the hook go?
> Does it need to be broken into phases like resource owners? What
> guidance can we provide to extension authors to use it correctly?
>
> Simon's right that these things don't need to be 100% answered for
> every hook we add; but I agree with Andres and Robert that this could
> benefit from some more discussion about the details.
>
> The proposal calls the hook right after CheckPointPredicate() and
> before CheckPointBuffers(). Is that the right place for the use case
> you have in mind with pg_stat_statements?

Hello!

Answering your questions might take some time as I want to write a sample
patch for pg_stat_statements and make some tests.
What do you think about putting the patch to commitfest as it closing in a
few hours?

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Regards,
Daniil Anisimov
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