Re: table size growing out of control

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org (Neil Conway)
Cc: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: table size growing out of control
Date: 2002-07-17 15:16:21
Message-ID: 13980.1026918981@sss.pgh.pa.us
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nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org (Neil Conway) writes:
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 09:45:12AM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
>> ** with current_query blank I'm assuming we have nothing hanging around
>> that would interfere right?. **

> No, that could also indicate that either you're not the super-user, or you
> haven't enabled stats_command_string in postgresql.conf

> That probably isn't the best UI...

Good point. What do people think of making the pg_stat_activity view do
COALESCE(current_query, '<unknown>')
so that there's a clear flag that you're not seeing anything?

I'm not wedded to the particular string <unknown>, if someone has a
better idea.

regards, tom lane

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