On Mon, 2012-07-23 at 16:13 -0400, Chris Curvey wrote:
> Just wondering...if a query is "waiting", what is it waiting for?

Locks.

>   Is
> this only for locks, or can it be for disk, or a memory buffer?

Only locks.

>   (If
> there is a description of the meaning of things in pg_stat_activity
> and it's relatives, I'd love a pointer, 'cause I can't seem to find
> it.)

There isn't much at the moment. 9.2 docs will be better in that regard.
See
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/monitoring-stats.html#PG-STAT-ACTIVITY-VIEW
 for example (but be careful that some columns of pg_stat_activity change in 
9.2).


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