Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Neil Conway wrote:
>
>>Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>>
>>>Aaron Held wrote:
>>>
>>>>Is there any way to monitor a long running query?
>>>
>>>Oh, sorry, you want to know how far the query has progressed. Gee, I
>>>don't think there is any easy way to do that.
>>
>>Would it be a good idea to add the time that the current query began
>>execution at to pg_stat_activity?
>
>
> What do people think about this? It seems like a good idea to me.
>
My application marks the start time of each query and I have found it
very useful. The users like to see how long each query took, and the
admin can take a quick look and see how many queries are running and how
long each has been active for. Good for debugging and billing.
-Aaron Held
