# HG changeset patch
# User Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com>
# Date 1575999264 -7200
# Node ID eddb9a8153b5e994ae7c3ca70168d03fd9ab406a
# Parent  aedbd074ec54a755901385c235dffbc8968235c8
Set application name.

diff -r aedbd074ec54 -r eddb9a8153b5 postgres.rst
--- a/postgres.rst	Tue Dec 10 19:31:15 2019 +0200
+++ b/postgres.rst	Tue Dec 10 19:34:24 2019 +0200
@@ -68,6 +68,19 @@
 
    SELECT * FROM pg_available_extensions;
 
+Set application name
+====================
+
+``application_name`` is displayed in ``pg_stat_activity.application_name``.
+
+It can help identify clients of DB. To alter it in current session::
+
+  SET application_name = 'some name';
+
+To show current value::
+
+  SHOW application_name;
+
 Limitations
 ===========