Re: [GENERAL] pg_stat_activity xact_start and autovacuum

2008-02-11 Thread Decibel!
On Feb 11, 2008, at 8:14 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: Actually it's not just autovacuum; it's any lazy vacuum. It's hard to tell those processes apart in pg_stat_activity. Perhaps we could have added a column in pg_stat_activity indicating processes that don't hold old tuples, but I feel that w

Re: [GENERAL] pg_stat_activity xact_start and autovacuum

2008-02-11 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Dawid Kuroczko escribió: > > Dawid Kuroczko escribió: > > > I'm using 8.3.0 and I see that autovacuum processes in > > > pg_stat_activity have xact_start. > > > > > > As far as I know, since at least 8.2.x the VACUUM does not start a new > > > transaction. > I am referrring to the E.8.3.5 Release

Re: [GENERAL] pg_stat_activity xact_start and autovacuum

2008-02-11 Thread Dawid Kuroczko
On Feb 11, 2008 2:27 PM, Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dawid Kuroczko escribió: > > I'm using 8.3.0 and I see that autovacuum processes in > > pg_stat_activity have xact_start. > > > > As far as I know, since at least 8.2.x the VACUUM does not start a new > > transaction. > > If that

Re: [GENERAL] pg_stat_activity xact_start and autovacuum

2008-02-11 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Dawid Kuroczko escribió: > I'm using 8.3.0 and I see that autovacuum processes in > pg_stat_activity have xact_start. > > As far as I know, since at least 8.2.x the VACUUM does not start a new > transaction. > If that statement is correct, the xact_start column in > pg_stat_activity should be NUL

[GENERAL] pg_stat_activity xact_start and autovacuum

2008-02-11 Thread Dawid Kuroczko
Hello. I'm using 8.3.0 and I see that autovacuum processes in pg_stat_activity have xact_start. As far as I know, since at least 8.2.x the VACUUM does not start a new transaction. If that statement is correct, the xact_start column in pg_stat_activity should be NULL... Why does it matter? Monit