Alvaro Herrera wrote: > On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 08:51:46PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Tom Lane wrote: > > > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes: > > > > The following patch removes the GUC stats_start_collector. The stats > > > > process is now always started. > > > > > > WAIT a second!!! > > > > > > That was *not* the agenda; the collector is only supposed to start if > > > you turn on at least one of the collection options. > > > > Really? I thought the process always started and it just sits there if > > nothing is fed to it, no? > > No, the process is only started if you ask for it (which is true by > default). > > > In fact, if it wasn't started from the beginning, we couldn't enable > > query strings without restarting the server. > > That's true -- if you start with the collector disabled, you can't > enable query strings. > > > The current default is true, meaning it always started. > > Yes, but you can turn it off.
OK, but if all the stats* variables are off, what overhead is there in having the stats process run? I would think very little, and if we turn it always on, we make configuration easier and remove a GUC variable. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
