Re: Application name patch - v2

Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>   
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>     
>>> FWIW, I would prefer PGAPPNAME to PGAPPLICATIONNAME which is what
>>>       
>
>   
>> We don't usually use abbreviations, so how about PGCLIENTNAME  or some such?
>>     
>
> Not sure I believe that argument.  Among the set of existing libpq
> environment variables I see
>
> PGHOSTADDR
> PGSSLCERT
> PGSSLCRL
> PGKRBSRVNAME
> PGTZ
> PGSYSCONFDIR
>
> so it can hardly be said that there's a policy of avoiding
> abbreviations.  PGCLIENTNAME would be better than PGAPPLICATIONNAME
> I guess, but I still prefer the other.
>
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>   

OK. I don't have strong feelings on the subject.

cheers

andrew