Timing problem wtih pg_stat_activity

["Donald Fraser" <postgres(at)kiwi-fraser(dot)net>]

Please ignore my previous question - I should have read the documents first!

The answer is here:
"When using the statistics to monitor current activity, it is important to 
realize that the information does not update instantaneously. Each 
individual server process transmits new block and row access counts to the 
collector just before going idle; so a query or transaction still in 
progress does not affect the displayed totals. Also, the collector itself 
emits a new report at most once per PGSTAT_STAT_INTERVAL milliseconds (500 
unless altered while building the server). So the displayed information lags 
behind actual activity. However, current-query information collected by 
stats_command_string is always up-to-date."

Regards
Donald Fraser