On Mon, 2012-07-23 at 16:13 -0400, Chris Curvey wrote: > Just wondering...if a query is "waiting", what is it waiting for? Locks. > Is > this only for locks, or can it be for disk, or a memory buffer? Only locks. > (If > there is a description of the meaning of things in pg_stat_activity > and it's relatives, I'd love a pointer, 'cause I can't seem to find > it.) There isn't much at the moment. 9.2 docs will be better in that regard. See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/monitoring-stats.html#PG-STAT-ACTIVITY-VIEW for example (but be careful that some columns of pg_stat_activity change in 9.2). -- Guillaume http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info http://www.dalibo.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
