Re: RFC: replace pg_stat_activity.waiting with something more descriptive - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Amit Kapila
Subject Re: RFC: replace pg_stat_activity.waiting with something more descriptive
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Msg-id CAA4eK1+Kkq7zgbOHWsHWxaHoPjeqbdD8KWHSeVrz9afNRPyn4A@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: RFC: replace pg_stat_activity.waiting with something more descriptive  (Thom Brown <thom@linux.com>)
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On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 7:23 PM, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:
>
> On 4 March 2016 at 13:41, Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> If yes, then the only slight worry is that there will lot of repetition in
> >> wait_event_type column, otherwise it is okay.
> >
> >
> > There is morerows attribute of entry tag in Docbook SGML, it behaves like
> > rowspan in HTML.
>
> +1
>

I will try to use morerows in documentation.

> Yes, we do this elsewhere in the docs.  And it is difficult to look
> through the wait event names at the moment.
>
> I'm also not keen on all the "A server process is waiting" all the way
> down the list.
>

How about giving the column name as "Wait For" instead of "Description" and then use text like "finding or allocating space in shared memory"?


With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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