Re: [GENERAL] select count(*) from pg_stat_activity in V8.0.0

2004-08-19 Thread Richard Huxton
Anony Mous wrote: Thanks, Richard. I've never seen this behaviour before in 7.4.3 and indeed it is the only connection to the back end at the time when the count is occurring. However, it would have had the connection for at least 30 seconds before requesting a count. Is there a better method of

Re: [GENERAL] select count(*) from pg_stat_activity in V8.0.0

2004-08-19 Thread Anony Mous
g the number of connections to the backend? Thanks Peter -Original Message- From: Richard Huxton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: August 19, 2004 2:21 AM To: Anony Mous Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [GENERAL] select count(*) from pg_stat_activity in V8.0.0 Anony Mous wrote: > Comin

Re: [GENERAL] select count(*) from pg_stat_activity in V8.0.0

2004-08-19 Thread Tom Lane
Richard Huxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anony Mous wrote: >> select count(*) from pg_stat_activity > Do you have multiple live connections? My understanding of > pg_stat_activity is that it can lag slightly behind the current state of > the system. If memory serves, it's up to 500 msec be