Thread: Truncated queries when select * from pg_stat_activity - wishlist / feature request

Hi Everyone,

My first posting to the group..

I came from a mysql background (~7 years, small/mid database, about 
55gig), where I could do "SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST;" to see all the queries 
currently queued/running on the system.  I found it a very useful feature.

The Postgres equivalent is (roughly) "SELECT * FROM pg_stat_activity;".

..but Postgres only shows the first ~1000 chars from each queued/running 
query.  I know this is a long-standing issue (from reading other 
posts/sites), but I'd like to throw in my vote for showing the entire 
query, in some future version (easier said than done, I know).  After 5 
months of Postgres use, this is by far my biggest wishlist item.

Thanks, congratulations, great work, etc...!

-Dave

Dave Witt wrote:

> ..but Postgres only shows the first ~1000 chars from each queued/running  
> query.  I know this is a long-standing issue (from reading other  
> posts/sites), but I'd like to throw in my vote for showing the entire  
> query, in some future version (easier said than done, I know).  After 5  
> months of Postgres use, this is by far my biggest wishlist item.

Heh, it was just done last month.

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