Re: [PATCH v2] Progress command to monitor progression of long running SQL queries

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 05:24:16PM +0200, Remi Colinet wrote:
> 2017-05-10 21:52 GMT+02:00 David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>:
>
> > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 06:40:31PM +0200, Remi Colinet wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > This is version 2 of the new command name PROGRESS which I wrote in
> > > order to monitor long running SQL queries in a Postgres backend
> > > process.
> >
> > Perhaps I missed something important in the discussion, but was there
> > a good reason that this isn't a function callable from SQL, i.e. not
> > restricted to the psql client?

Please don't top post. http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html

> That's good point.
>
> I will probably convert the new command to a SQL function.

Great!

> I was fumbling between a table or a SQL function. Oracle uses
> v$session_longops to track progression of long running SQL queries
> which have run for more than 6 seconds. But a function is much
> better to provide parameters such as the backend pid and a format
> specification for the output.

Once it's a function, it can very easily be called in a system (or
user-defined) view.

Best,
David.
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