Re: phantom backends - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Christopher Browne
Subject Re: phantom backends
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Msg-id 87wtfkje8c.fsf@wolfe.cbbrowne.com
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In response to phantom backends  ("Ed L." <pgsql@bluepolka.net>)
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Oops! pgsql@bluepolka.net ("Ed L.") was seen spray-painting on a wall:
> I have a bunch of 7.4.6 backend processes that show up via
> pg_stat_get_db_numbackends(), pg_stat_get_backend_idset(), etc,
> but do not show up in ps.  Any clues?

Possibly your statistics collector got "overrun," and the last time it
was successfully updated, they were there?
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