On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 09:46:48PM -0800, Jeff Frost wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> 
> >>hah!  Does that mean it's just the buffering for pg_stat_activity and not 
> >>for
> >>planner statistics?  That doesn't make me feel too bad in this case.
> >
> >Yeah it is nothing to worry about, however turning it off is certainly a
> >performance benefit.
> >
> 
> So, then the next question: is that error because the command string was 
> too long or because there were too many command strings in the buffer at 
> once (i.e. it got backed up a bit and filled)?

IIRC, (in 8.1) the same amount of data is shuffled through the stats
system for every command, so it'd be an issue of too many messages.

> It would be a drag to be without pg_stat_activity on this system.  The 
> performance detriment is lessened in 8.2, correct?

Correct. Performance of updating the info for ps was also improved,
iirc.
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