Joost Kraaijeveld wrote:
> Is there a way to actually determine if the database is doing
> anything after a query is send to the backend during *long* lasting
> queries besides waiting and hoping?
strace or ltrace will give you an idea, but I think you will find that
the answer is usually "yes" and you just have to be patient. :)
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Peter Eisentraut
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