Re: autovacuum daemon question...

Added to TODO for autovacuum:

o Consider logging activity either to the logs or a system view

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Jeff Bohmer wrote:
>
> >>Unless I misunderstand, if stats_reset_on_server_start=off, these
> >>(currently nonexistent autovacuum) stats would only be relevant for
> >>autovacuum's VACUUM activity and not it's ANALYZE activity. In
> >>which case, it seems ideal to keep autovacuum VACUUM stats
> >>regardless of the GUC setting, while autovacuum ANALYZE stats
> >>should follow it. But if the ideal is impractical, making both
> >>ANALYZE and VACUUM stats follow the GUC would still be real nice.
> >
> >I'm confused... the GUC var stats_reset_on_server_start dictates if
> >the stats system dumps its data on DB restart. If we added a new
> >table to the stats system kept track of autovacuum activity, then
> >that data would also be dumped on restart if
> >stats_reset_on_server_start=true.
>
>
> Yep. I was thinking of a way to muck up the stats system by keeping
> autovacuum's VACUUM activity irregardless of
> stats_reset_on_server_start. Because autovacuum's VACUUM activity
> data would be relevant across restarts, even if
> stats_reset_on_server_start=true. But I see now that my idea is ugly
> and just confuses things. I agree that having it work the way you
> suggest is preferable.
>
> - Jeff
>
>
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