Hey folks, I'm running 8.0.4 on OpenBSD, and I'm running into issues where a large batch job will fire up and occasionally coincide with a VACUUM. Which then makes this batch take an hour and a half, rather than the 30 minutes it usually takes. :( I am going to upgrade to 8.1.2 this weekend, before you ask. :) Here's the question - is there a query I can make in my scripts (using perl/DBD::Pg) to see if the database is being VACUUMed at the current time? I could add a sleep, so the script would patiently wait for the VACUUM to finish before kicking off several intense queries. Thanks much! Benny -- "'And you've got 10 gig of files to put through our mail system?' I ask, squeezing my mouse in a non-approved manner." -- BOFH, 2006-01
