C. Bensend wrote:

If you have command string monitoring turned on, via
stats_command_string in the postgresql.conf file, then you could get
this information from the system view pg_stat_activity.

Generally, you could look to see if a current_query is a vacuum, perhaps
via...

select * from pg_stat_activity where lower(current_query) like 'vacuum%' ;

Are there any drawbacks to turning this on (mine is not)?  If not,
I can certainly do that.


Well, you have to turn on the stats collector, so you will pay a little bit of a performance penalty for that. I doubt you'll notice it unless you're really close to the edge. You do have to restart the database to enable the stats collector if it's off. The pg_stat_activity stuff is pretty essential for debugging problems in the database.

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Brad Nicholson 416-673-4106 Database Administrator, Afilias Canada Corp.



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