Re: Lock Statistics

From: adey <adey11(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Michael Fuhr" <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
Cc: "Milen A(dot) Radev" <milen(at)radev(dot)net>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Lock Statistics
Date: 2007-07-31 03:13:14
Message-ID: 1c66bda80707302013xca6c726gc981ca52f4d562d0@mail.gmail.com
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On 7/31/07, Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 10:35:25AM +1200, adey wrote:
> > -- CAUTION: this query may impact system performance as you are
> selecting
> > from system tables
>
> What difference are you expecting that to make and why?

It was a warning I received some years ago when I riginally discovered the
query. Presumably reading from system tables competes with user queries for
the system tables, slowing them down. I can't say I've ever noticed any
impact when using it though.

--
> Michael Fuhr
>

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