On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 03:13:29PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote: > On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 2:59 PM Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > > I assume statistics collector views are in "Monitoring Database > > Activity" because that is their purpose. > > Well, yes. :-) > > But the point is that all other statistics views are in a single > section regardless of their purpose. We don't document pg_roles in the > "Database Roles" chapter, for example. > > And on the flip side, pg_locks and pg_replication_origin_status are > also for monitoring database activity, but they're in the "System > Views" chapter anyway. The only system views that are in "Monitoring > Database Activity" rather than "System Views" are the ones where the > name starts with "pg_stat_". > > So the reason you state is why these views are under "Monitoring > Database Activity" rather than a chapter chosen at random. But it > doesn't really explain why they're separate from the other system > views at all. That seems to be a pretty much random choice, AFAICT.
I agree and they should be with the other views. I was just explaining why, at the time, I didn't touch them. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Only you can decide what is important to you.
