Merlin Moncure <mmonc...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> ... The basic idea is that pg_stat_activity.waiting would be >> replaced by a new column pg_stat_activity.wait_event, which would >> display the reason why that backend is waiting.
> Instead of changing the column, can't we add a new one? Adjusting > columns in PSA requires the innumerable queries written against it to > be adjusted along with all the wiki instructions to dev ops for > emergency stuck query detection etc etc. +1. Removing the boolean column seems like it will arbitrarily break a whole lot of client-side code, for not-very-adequate reasons. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers