Re: BUG #1707: statistics collector starts with stats_start_collector - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: BUG #1707: statistics collector starts with stats_start_collector
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Msg-id 200506130230.j5D2Uh604789@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #1707: statistics collector starts with stats_start_collector = false  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: BUG #1707: statistics collector starts with stats_start_collector = false
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > If that is the logic, why do we have stats_start_collector at all?
>
> Ask Jan ;-)
>
> I can see some advantage to it as a way of finding out whether the
> collector was started or not ... but if that's the intent, we
> should make it non user-writable.

I can see someone turning it off but leaving other options on because
they will want to turn them on later.  I think our current behavior is
broken.

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