Re: system views for walsender activity

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: system views for walsender activity
Date: 2011-01-04 19:56:55
Message-ID: 4D237B87.1030100@enterprisedb.com
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On 04.01.2011 21:43, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Magnus Hagander<magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 20:28, Josh Berkus<josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> hmmm I think "pg_stat_standby" might be more relevant but I definitely
>>>> agree something more newbie appropriate is in order.
>>>
>>> I'd be fine with that name, too.
>>
>> That seems kind of backwards though - given that the view only
>> contains data on the master...
>
> I think pg_stat_replication is better than pg_stat_standby, but I'm
> still not convinced we shouldn't go with the obvious
> pg_stat_walsenders.

How about pg_stat_replication_activity? If I understood correctly, the
view is similar to pg_stat_activity, but displays information about
connected standbys rather than regular backends. It's a bit long name,
though.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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