Actually, "wait_start" is a better name to match the others
("wait_event_type" and "wait_event").On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 8:20 AM, Joel Jacobson <j...@trustly.com> wrote: > Hi hackers, > > We already have xact_start, query_start and backend_start > to get the timestamptz for when different things happened. > > I would like to propose adding a fourth such column, "waiting_start", > which would tell how long time a backend has been waiting. > > The column would be NULL when waiting=FALSE. > > While it's trivial to write a script that just polls pg_stat_activity > every second and keeps tack of when a backend started > waiting by just checking for any new waiting=TRUE rows, > it would be more convenient to just get the information from > pg_stat_activity directly. > > The use-case would be e.g. monitoring tools > when you want to know how long time queries are waiting. > > -- > Joel Jacobson -- Joel Jacobson Mobile: +46703603801 Trustly.com | Newsroom | LinkedIn | Twitter -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
