On 2015-07-02 AM 11:41, Rahila Syed wrote: > Hello, > >> I though about the possibilities of progress visualization - and one > possibility is one or two special column in pg_stat_activity table - this > info can be interesting for VACUUM >started by autovacuum too. > > Thank you for suggestion. The design with hooks and a separate view was > mainly to keep most of the code outside core as the feature proposed is > specific to VACUUM command. Also, having a separate view can give more > flexibility in terms of displaying various progress parameters. >
Unless I am missing something, I guess you can still keep the actual code that updates counters outside the core if you adopt an approach that Simon suggests. Whatever the view (existing/new), any related counters would have a valid (non-NULL) value when read off the view iff hooks are set perhaps because you have an extension that sets them. I guess that means any operation that "supports" progress tracking would have an extension with suitable hooks implemented. Of course unless I misinterpreted Simon's words. Thanks, Amit -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers