Takahiro Itagaki wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We have codes to change ps display for recovery process during hot standby.
> The current code always shows max_standby_delay for the message, but how
> about showing actual waiting time instead? Since DBAs can always get the
> parameter from postgresql.conf they wrote, so the parameter value itself
> is not so useful. Actual waiting time might be more useful to determine
> which values to be set to max_standby_delay, no?
> 
> [backend/storage/ipc/standby.c]
>     snprintf(new_status + len, 50,
>              " waiting for max_standby_delay (%d ms)",
>              MaxStandbyDelay);  ==> GetCurrentTimestamp() - waitStart
>     set_ps_display(new_status, false);
> 
> I think SQL-based activity view will be more useful than ps display,
> but it's an item for 9.1.

Sounds interesting, but how often would the ps statust display be
updated?  I hope not too often.

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