Add start time to pg_stat_activity

Neil Conway

doc/src/sgml/func.sgml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.143 2003/03/13 01:30:28 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.144 2003/03/20 03:34:55 momjian Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -5315,7 +5315,7 @@ SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP;
 
    <para>
     There is also the function <function>timeofday()</function>, which for historical
-    reasons returns a text string rather than a <type>timestamp</type> value:
+    reasons returns a <type>text</type> string rather than a <type>timestamp</type> value:
 <screen>
 SELECT timeofday();
 <lineannotation>Result: </lineannotation><computeroutput>Sat Feb 17 19:07:32.000126 2001 EST</computeroutput>
@@ -5326,7 +5326,11 @@ SELECT timeofday();
     It is important to know that
     <function>CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</function> and related functions return
     the start time of the current transaction; their values do not
-    change during the transaction. <function>timeofday()</function>
+    change during the transaction. This is considered a feature:
+    the intent is to allow a single transaction to have a consistent
+    notion of the <quote>current</quote> time, so that multiple
+    modifications within the same transaction bear the same
+    timestamp. <function>timeofday()</function>
     returns the wall-clock time and does advance during transactions.
    </para>
 

doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml,v 1.15 2002/11/11 20:14:03 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml,v 1.16 2003/03/20 03:34:55 momjian Exp $
 -->
 
 <chapter id="monitoring">
@@ -146,12 +146,13 @@ postgres: <replaceable>user</> <replaceable>database</> <replaceable>host</> <re
    <important>
     <para>
      Since the variables <varname>STATS_COMMAND_STRING</varname>,
-     <varname>STATS_BLOCK_LEVEL</varname>,
+     <varname>STATS_BLOCK_LEVEL</varname>, and
-     and <varname>STATS_ROW_LEVEL</varname>
+     <varname>STATS_ROW_LEVEL</varname> default to <literal>false</>,
-     default to <literal>false</>, no statistics are actually collected
+     very few statistics are collected in the default
-     in the default configuration.  You must turn one or more of them on
+     configuration. Enabling one or more of these configuration
-     before you will get useful results from the statistical display
+     variables will significantly enhance the amount of useful data
-     functions.
+     produced by the statistics collector, at the expense of
+     additional run-time overhead.
     </para>
    </important>
 
@@ -205,11 +206,15 @@ postgres: <replaceable>user</> <replaceable>database</> <replaceable>host</> <re
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry><structname>pg_stat_activity</></entry>
-      <entry>One row per server process, showing process <acronym>ID</>, database,
+      <entry>One row per server process, showing process
-      user, and current query.  The current query column is only available
+      <acronym>ID</>, database, user, current query, and the time at
-      to superusers; for others it reads as null.  (Note that because of
+      which the current query began execution. The columns that report
-      the collector's reporting delay, current query will only be up-to-date
+      data on the current query are only available if the
-      for long-running queries.)</entry>
+      <varname>STATS_COMMAND_STRING</varname> configuration option has
+      been enabled. Furthermore, these columns can only be accessed by
+      superusers; to other users, they always appear NULL. (Note that
+      because of the collector's reporting delay, current query will
+      only be up-to-date for long-running queries.)</entry>
      </row>
 
      <row>
@@ -333,10 +338,20 @@ postgres: <replaceable>user</> <replaceable>database</> <replaceable>host</> <re
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   The <structname>pg_statio_</> views are primarily useful to determine
+   The <structname>pg_statio_</> views are primarily useful to
-   the effectiveness of the buffer cache.  When the number of actual disk
+   determine the effectiveness of the buffer cache.  When the number
-   reads is much smaller than the number of buffer hits, then the cache
+   of actual disk reads is much smaller than the number of buffer
-   is satisfying most read requests without invoking a kernel call.
+   hits, then the cache is satisfying most read requests without
+   invoking a kernel call. However, these statistics do not give the
+   entire story: due to the way in which <productname>PostgreSQL</>
+   handles disk I/O, data that is not in the
+   <productname>PostgreSQL</> buffer cache may still reside in the
+   kernel's I/O cache, and may therefore still be fetched without
+   requiring a physical read. Users interested in obtaining more
+   detailed information on <productname>PostgreSQL</> I/O behavior are
+   advised to use the <productname>PostgreSQL</> statistics collector
+   in combination with operating system utilities that allow insight
+   into the kernel's handling of I/O.
   </para>
 
   <para>
@@ -401,7 +416,7 @@ postgres: <replaceable>user</> <replaceable>database</> <replaceable>host</> <re
       <entry><function>pg_stat_get_db_blocks_hit</function>(<type>oid</type>)</entry>
       <entry><type>bigint</type></entry>
       <entry>
-       Number of disk block requests found in cache for database
+       Number of disk block fetch requests found in cache for database
       </entry>
      </row>
 
@@ -478,7 +493,7 @@ postgres: <replaceable>user</> <replaceable>database</> <replaceable>host</> <re
       <entry><type>set of integer</type></entry>
       <entry>
        Set of currently active backend IDs (from 1 to N where N is the
-       number of active backends).  See usage example below.
+       number of active backends).  See usage example below
       </entry>
      </row>
 
@@ -518,15 +533,27 @@ postgres: <replaceable>user</> <replaceable>database</> <replaceable>host</> <re
       <entry><function>pg_stat_get_backend_activity</function>(<type>integer</type>)</entry>
       <entry><type>text</type></entry>
       <entry>
-       Current query of backend process (NULL if caller is not superuser)
+       Current query of backend process (NULL if caller is not
+       superuser, or <varname>STATS_COMMAND_STRING</varname> is not enabled)
       </entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry><function>pg_stat_get_backend_activity_start</function>(<type>integer</type>)</entry>
+      <entry><type>text</type></entry>
+      <entry>
+       The time at which the specified backend's currently executing query was
+       initiated (NULL if caller is not superuser, or
+       <varname>STATS_COMMAND_STRING</varname> is not enabled)
+      </entry>
+     </row>
+
+
      <row>
       <entry><function>pg_stat_reset</function>()</entry>
       <entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
       <entry>
-       Reset all currently collected statistics.
+       Reset all currently collected statistics
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
@@ -535,7 +562,8 @@ postgres: <replaceable>user</> <replaceable>database</> <replaceable>host</> <re
 
    <note>
     <para>
-     Blocks_fetched minus blocks_hit gives the number of kernel
+     <literal>blocks_fetched</literal> minus
+     <literal>blocks_hit</literal> gives the number of kernel
      <function>read()</> calls issued for the table, index, or
      database; but the actual number of physical reads is usually
      lower due to kernel-level buffering.

doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.170 2003/03/04 21:51:19 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.171 2003/03/20 03:34:55 momjian Exp $
 -->
 
 <Chapter Id="runtime">
@@ -1182,16 +1182,31 @@ env PGOPTIONS='-c geqo=off' psql
 
      <varlistentry>
       <term><varname>STATS_COMMAND_STRING</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)</term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Enables the collection of statistics on the currently
+        executing command of each backend, along with the time at
+        which that query began execution. This option is off by
+        default. Note that even when enabled, this information is only
+        visible to the superuser, so it should not represent a
+        security risk. This data can be accessed via the
+        <structname>pg_stat_activity</structname> system view; refer
+        to the &cite-admin; for more information.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry>
       <term><varname>STATS_BLOCK_LEVEL</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)</term>
       <term><varname>STATS_ROW_LEVEL</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)</term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Determines what information backends send to the statistics
+        Enables the collection of block-level and row-level statistics
-        collector process: current commands, block-level activity
+        on database activity, respectively. These options are off by
-        statistics, or row-level activity statistics.  All default to
+        default. This data can be accessed via the
-        off.  Enabling statistics collection costs a small amount of
+        <structname>pg_stat</structname> and
-        time per query, but is invaluable for debugging and
+        <structname>pg_statio</structname> family of system views;
-        performance tuning.
+        refer to the &cite-admin; for more information.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

src/backend/catalog/heap.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/catalog/heap.c,v 1.239 2003/01/08 22:06:20 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/catalog/heap.c,v 1.240 2003/03/20 03:34:55 momjian Exp $
  *
  *
  * INTERFACE ROUTINES
@@ -961,7 +961,8 @@ RemoveAttributeById(Oid relid, AttrNumber attnum)
 	attStruct->attstattarget = 0;
 
 	/* Change the column name to something that isn't likely to conflict */
-	snprintf(newattname, NAMEDATALEN, "........pg.dropped.%d........", attnum);
+	snprintf(newattname, sizeof(newattname),
+			 "........pg.dropped.%d........", attnum);
 	namestrcpy(&(attStruct->attname), newattname);
 
 	simple_heap_update(attr_rel, &tuple->t_self, tuple);

src/backend/catalog/namespace.c

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/catalog/namespace.c,v 1.48 2003/03/06 22:54:49 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/catalog/namespace.c,v 1.49 2003/03/20 03:34:55 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ InitTempTableNamespace(void)
 		elog(ERROR, "%s: not authorized to create temp tables",
 			 DatabaseName);
 
-	snprintf(namespaceName, NAMEDATALEN, "pg_temp_%d", MyBackendId);
+	snprintf(namespaceName, sizeof(namespaceName), "pg_temp_%d", MyBackendId);
 
 	namespaceId = GetSysCacheOid(NAMESPACENAME,
 								 CStringGetDatum(namespaceName),

src/backend/commands/cluster.c

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/cluster.c,v 1.106 2003/03/03 04:37:37 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/cluster.c,v 1.107 2003/03/20 03:34:55 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid)
 	 * namespace from the old, or we will have problems with the TEMP
 	 * status of temp tables.
 	 */
-	snprintf(NewHeapName, NAMEDATALEN, "pg_temp_%u", tableOid);
+	snprintf(NewHeapName, sizeof(NewHeapName), "pg_temp_%u", tableOid);
 
 	OIDNewHeap = make_new_heap(tableOid, NewHeapName);
 	/*
@@ -625,7 +625,8 @@ rebuild_indexes(Oid OIDOldHeap, List *indexes)
 		Relation	pg_index;
 
 		/* Create the new index under a temporary name */
-		snprintf(newIndexName, NAMEDATALEN, "pg_temp_%u", attrs->indexOID);
+		snprintf(newIndexName, sizeof(newIndexName),
+				 "pg_temp_%u", attrs->indexOID);
 
 		/*
 		 * The new index will have primary and constraint status set to

src/backend/commands/sequence.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/sequence.c,v 1.91 2003/02/13 05:25:24 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/sequence.c,v 1.92 2003/03/20 03:34:55 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ nextval(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 				{
 					char		buf[100];
 
-					snprintf(buf, 100, INT64_FORMAT, maxv);
+					snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), INT64_FORMAT, maxv);
 					elog(ERROR, "%s.nextval: reached MAXVALUE (%s)",
 						 sequence->relname, buf);
 				}
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ nextval(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 				{
 					char		buf[100];
 
-					snprintf(buf, 100, INT64_FORMAT, minv);
+					snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), INT64_FORMAT, minv);
 					elog(ERROR, "%s.nextval: reached MINVALUE (%s)",
 						 sequence->relname, buf);
 				}
@@ -569,9 +569,9 @@ do_setval(RangeVar *sequence, int64 next, bool iscalled)
 					bufm[100],
 					bufx[100];
 
-		snprintf(bufv, 100, INT64_FORMAT, next);
+		snprintf(bufv, sizeof(bufv), INT64_FORMAT, next);
-		snprintf(bufm, 100, INT64_FORMAT, seq->min_value);
+		snprintf(bufm, sizeof(bufm), INT64_FORMAT, seq->min_value);
-		snprintf(bufx, 100, INT64_FORMAT, seq->max_value);
+		snprintf(bufx, sizeof(bufx), INT64_FORMAT, seq->max_value);
 		elog(ERROR, "%s.setval: value %s is out of bounds (%s,%s)",
 			 sequence->relname, bufv, bufm, bufx);
 	}
@@ -861,8 +861,8 @@ init_params(CreateSeqStmt *seq, Form_pg_sequence new)
 		char		bufm[100],
 					bufx[100];
 
-		snprintf(bufm, 100, INT64_FORMAT, new->min_value);
+		snprintf(bufm, sizeof(bufm), INT64_FORMAT, new->min_value);
-		snprintf(bufx, 100, INT64_FORMAT, new->max_value);
+		snprintf(bufx, sizeof(bufx), INT64_FORMAT, new->max_value);
 		elog(ERROR, "DefineSequence: MINVALUE (%s) must be less than MAXVALUE (%s)",
 			 bufm, bufx);
 	}
@@ -882,8 +882,8 @@ init_params(CreateSeqStmt *seq, Form_pg_sequence new)
 		char		bufs[100],
 					bufm[100];
 
-		snprintf(bufs, 100, INT64_FORMAT, new->last_value);
+		snprintf(bufs, sizeof(bufs), INT64_FORMAT, new->last_value);
-		snprintf(bufm, 100, INT64_FORMAT, new->min_value);
+		snprintf(bufm, sizeof(bufm), INT64_FORMAT, new->min_value);
 		elog(ERROR, "DefineSequence: START value (%s) can't be less than MINVALUE (%s)",
 			 bufs, bufm);
 	}
@@ -892,8 +892,8 @@ init_params(CreateSeqStmt *seq, Form_pg_sequence new)
 		char		bufs[100],
 					bufm[100];
 
-		snprintf(bufs, 100, INT64_FORMAT, new->last_value);
+		snprintf(bufs, sizeof(bufs), INT64_FORMAT, new->last_value);
-		snprintf(bufm, 100, INT64_FORMAT, new->max_value);
+		snprintf(bufm, sizeof(bufm), INT64_FORMAT, new->max_value);
 		elog(ERROR, "DefineSequence: START value (%s) can't be greater than MAXVALUE (%s)",
 			 bufs, bufm);
 	}
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ init_params(CreateSeqStmt *seq, Form_pg_sequence new)
 	{
 		char		buf[100];
 
-		snprintf(buf, 100, INT64_FORMAT, new->cache_value);
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), INT64_FORMAT, new->cache_value);
 		elog(ERROR, "DefineSequence: CACHE (%s) can't be <= 0",
 			 buf);
 	}

src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c,v 1.67 2003/02/13 05:19:59 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c,v 1.68 2003/03/20 03:34:55 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -3875,8 +3875,8 @@ AlterTableCreateToastTable(Oid relOid, bool silent)
 	/*
 	 * Create the toast table and its index
 	 */
-	snprintf(toast_relname, NAMEDATALEN, "pg_toast_%u", relOid);
+	snprintf(toast_relname, sizeof(toast_relname), "pg_toast_%u", relOid);
-	snprintf(toast_idxname, NAMEDATALEN, "pg_toast_%u_index", relOid);
+	snprintf(toast_idxname, sizeof(toast_idxname), "pg_toast_%u_index", relOid);
 
 	/* this is pretty painful...  need a tuple descriptor */
 	tupdesc = CreateTemplateTupleDesc(3, false);

src/backend/executor/execMain.c

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/executor/execMain.c,v 1.202 2003/03/11 19:40:22 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/executor/execMain.c,v 1.203 2003/03/20 03:34:55 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ InitPlan(QueryDesc *queryDesc)
 			erm = (execRowMark *) palloc(sizeof(execRowMark));
 			erm->relation = relation;
 			erm->rti = rti;
-			snprintf(erm->resname, 32, "ctid%u", rti);
+			snprintf(erm->resname, sizeof(erm->resname), "ctid%u", rti);
 			estate->es_rowMark = lappend(estate->es_rowMark, erm);
 		}
 	}

src/backend/libpq/hba.c

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/libpq/hba.c,v 1.94 2003/03/15 16:18:25 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/libpq/hba.c,v 1.95 2003/03/20 03:34:55 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ ident_inet(const struct in_addr remote_ip_addr,
 			char		ident_query[80];
 
 			/* The query we send to the Ident server */
-			snprintf(ident_query, 80, "%d,%d\n",
+			snprintf(ident_query, sizeof(ident_query), "%d,%d\n",
 					 ntohs(remote_port), ntohs(local_port));
 			/* loop in case send is interrupted */
 			do

src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  *	Copyright (c) 2001, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- *	$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c,v 1.31 2002/10/24 23:19:13 tgl Exp $
+ *	$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c,v 1.32 2003/03/20 03:34:56 momjian Exp $
  * ----------
  */
 #include "postgres.h"
@@ -1757,6 +1757,8 @@ pgstat_add_backend(PgStat_MsgHdr *msg)
 	beentry->databaseid = msg->m_databaseid;
 	beentry->procpid = msg->m_procpid;
 	beentry->userid = msg->m_userid;
+	beentry->activity_start_sec = 0;
+	beentry->activity_start_usec = 0;
 	MemSet(beentry->activity, 0, PGSTAT_ACTIVITY_SIZE);
 
 	/*
@@ -2460,6 +2462,8 @@ pgstat_recv_beterm(PgStat_MsgBeterm *msg, int len)
 static void
 pgstat_recv_activity(PgStat_MsgActivity *msg, int len)
 {
+	PgStat_StatBeEntry *entry;
+
 	/*
 	 * Here we check explicitly for 0 return, since we don't want to
 	 * mangle the activity of an active backend by a delayed packed from a
@@ -2468,8 +2472,12 @@ pgstat_recv_activity(PgStat_MsgActivity *msg, int len)
 	if (pgstat_add_backend(&msg->m_hdr) != 0)
 		return;
 
-	strncpy(pgStatBeTable[msg->m_hdr.m_backendid - 1].activity,
+	entry = &(pgStatBeTable[msg->m_hdr.m_backendid - 1]);
-			msg->m_what, PGSTAT_ACTIVITY_SIZE);
+
+	strncpy(entry->activity, msg->m_what, PGSTAT_ACTIVITY_SIZE);
+
+	entry->activity_start_sec =
+		GetCurrentAbsoluteTimeUsec(&entry->activity_start_usec);
 }
 
 

src/backend/utils/adt/nabstime.c

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/nabstime.c,v 1.104 2003/02/22 05:57:45 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/nabstime.c,v 1.105 2003/03/20 03:34:56 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -82,10 +82,13 @@ static int istinterval(char *i_string,
 			AbsoluteTime *i_end);
 
 
-/* GetCurrentAbsoluteTime()
+/* 
- * Get the current system time.
+ * GetCurrentAbsoluteTime()
+ *
+ * Get the current system time. Set timezone parameters if not specified
+ * elsewhere.  Define HasCTZSet to allow clients to specify the default
+ * timezone.
  *
- * Returns the number of seconds since epoch (January 1 1970 GMT).
  */
 AbsoluteTime
 GetCurrentAbsoluteTime(void)
@@ -127,9 +130,14 @@ GetCurrentDateTime(struct tm * tm)
 	abstime2tm(GetCurrentTransactionStartTime(), &tz, tm, NULL);
 }
 
-/* GetCurrentTimeUsec()
+/* 
- * Get the transaction start time ("now()") broken down as a struct tm,
+ * GetCurrentAbsoluteTimeUsec()
- * plus fractional-second and timezone info.
+ *
+ * Get the current system time. Set timezone parameters if not specified
+ * elsewhere.  Define HasCTZSet to allow clients to specify the default
+ * timezone.
+ *
+ * Returns the number of seconds since epoch (January 1 1970 GMT)
  */
 void
 GetCurrentTimeUsec(struct tm * tm, fsec_t *fsec, int *tzp)

src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ extern Datum pg_stat_get_backend_pid(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 extern Datum pg_stat_get_backend_dbid(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 extern Datum pg_stat_get_backend_userid(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 extern Datum pg_stat_get_backend_activity(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
+extern Datum pg_stat_get_backend_activity_start(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 
 extern Datum pg_stat_get_db_numbackends(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 extern Datum pg_stat_get_db_xact_commit(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
@@ -221,7 +222,6 @@ pg_backend_pid(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 /*
  * Built-in function for resetting the counters
- *
  */
 Datum
 pg_stat_reset(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
@@ -301,6 +301,50 @@ pg_stat_get_backend_activity(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 }
 
 
+Datum
+pg_stat_get_backend_activity_start(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	PgStat_StatBeEntry	*beentry;
+	int32				 beid;
+	AbsoluteTime		 sec;
+	int					 usec;
+	Timestamp			 result;
+
+	beid = PG_GETARG_INT32(0);
+
+	if (!superuser())
+		PG_RETURN_NULL();
+
+	if ((beentry = pgstat_fetch_stat_beentry(beid)) == NULL)
+		PG_RETURN_NULL();
+
+	sec = beentry->activity_start_sec;
+	usec = beentry->activity_start_usec;
+
+	/*
+	 * No time recorded for start of current query -- this is the case
+	 * if the user hasn't enabled query-level stats collection.
+	 */
+	if (sec == 0 && usec == 0)
+		PG_RETURN_NULL();
+
+	/*
+	 * This method of converting "Unix time" (sec/usec since epoch) to a
+	 * PostgreSQL timestamp is an ugly hack -- if you fix it, be sure to
+	 * fix the similar hackery in timestamp.c
+	 */
+#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
+	result = (((sec - ((date2j(2000, 1, 1) - date2j(1970, 1, 1)) * 86400))
+			   * INT64CONST(1000000)) + usec);
+#else
+	result = (sec + (usec * 1.0e-6) - ((date2j(2000, 1, 1) -
+										date2j(1970, 1, 1)) * 86400));
+#endif
+
+	PG_RETURN_TIMESTAMP(result);
+}
+
+
 Datum
 pg_stat_get_db_numbackends(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {

src/backend/utils/error/elog.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.106 2003/01/07 22:23:17 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.107 2003/03/20 03:34:56 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ elog(int lev, const char *fmt,...)
 		 * Prints the failure line of the COPY.  Wow, what a hack!	bjm
 		 * Translator:	Error message will be truncated at 31 characters.
 		 */
-		snprintf(copylineno_buf, 32, gettext("copy: line %d, "), copy_lineno);
+		snprintf(copylineno_buf, sizeof(copylineno_buf),
+				 gettext("copy: line %d, "), copy_lineno);
 		space_needed += strlen(copylineno_buf);
 	}
 
@@ -787,8 +788,8 @@ useful_strerror(int errnum)
 		 * translator: This string will be truncated at 47 characters
 		 * expanded.
 		 */
-		snprintf(errorstr_buf, 48, gettext("operating system error %d"),
+		snprintf(errorstr_buf, sizeof(errorstr_buf),
-				 errnum);
+				 gettext("operating system error %d"), errnum);
 		str = errorstr_buf;
 	}
 

src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 # Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 #
-# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initdb/Attic/initdb.sh,v 1.185 2003/03/19 16:08:59 petere Exp $
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initdb/Attic/initdb.sh,v 1.186 2003/03/20 03:34:56 momjian Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -953,7 +953,8 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_activity AS \
             pg_stat_get_backend_pid(S.backendid) AS procpid, \
             pg_stat_get_backend_userid(S.backendid) AS usesysid, \
             U.usename AS usename, \
-            pg_stat_get_backend_activity(S.backendid) AS current_query \
+            pg_stat_get_backend_activity(S.backendid) AS current_query, \
+			pg_stat_get_backend_activity_start(S.backendid) AS query_start \
     FROM pg_database D, \
             (SELECT pg_stat_get_backend_idset() AS backendid) AS S, \
             pg_shadow U \

src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *		$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c,v 1.34 2003/02/01 19:29:16 tgl Exp $
+ *		$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c,v 1.35 2003/03/20 03:34:56 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1044,8 +1044,8 @@ _tarAddFile(ArchiveHandle *AH, TAR_MEMBER *th)
 		char		buf1[100],
 					buf2[100];
 
-		snprintf(buf1, 100, INT64_FORMAT, (int64) len);
+		snprintf(buf1, sizeof(buf1), INT64_FORMAT, (int64) len);
-		snprintf(buf2, 100, INT64_FORMAT, (int64) th->pos);
+		snprintf(buf2, sizeof(buf2), INT64_FORMAT, (int64) th->pos);
 		die_horribly(AH, modulename, "actual file length (%s) does not match expected (%s)\n",
 					 buf1, buf2);
 	}
@@ -1081,8 +1081,8 @@ _tarPositionTo(ArchiveHandle *AH, const char *filename)
 		char		buf1[100],
 					buf2[100];
 
-		snprintf(buf1, 100, INT64_FORMAT, (int64) ctx->tarFHpos);
+		snprintf(buf1, sizeof(buf1), INT64_FORMAT, (int64) ctx->tarFHpos);
-		snprintf(buf2, 100, INT64_FORMAT, (int64) ctx->tarNextMember);
+		snprintf(buf2, sizeof(buf2), INT64_FORMAT, (int64) ctx->tarNextMember);
 		ahlog(AH, 4, "moving from position %s to next member at file position %s\n",
 			  buf1, buf2);
 
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ _tarPositionTo(ArchiveHandle *AH, const char *filename)
 	{
 		char		buf[100];
 
-		snprintf(buf, 100, INT64_FORMAT, (int64) ctx->tarFHpos);
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), INT64_FORMAT, (int64) ctx->tarFHpos);
 		ahlog(AH, 4, "now at file position %s\n", buf);
 	}
 
@@ -1163,8 +1163,8 @@ _tarGetHeader(ArchiveHandle *AH, TAR_MEMBER *th)
 			char		buf1[100],
 						buf2[100];
 
-			snprintf(buf1, 100, INT64_FORMAT, (int64) ftello(ctx->tarFH));
+			snprintf(buf1, sizeof(buf1), INT64_FORMAT, (int64) ftello(ctx->tarFH));
-			snprintf(buf2, 100, INT64_FORMAT, (int64) ftello(ctx->tarFHpos));
+			snprintf(buf2, sizeof(buf2), INT64_FORMAT, (int64) ftello(ctx->tarFHpos));
 			die_horribly(AH, modulename,
 						 "mismatch in actual vs. predicted file position (%s vs. %s)\n",
 						 buf1, buf2);
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ _tarGetHeader(ArchiveHandle *AH, TAR_MEMBER *th)
 	{
 		char		buf[100];
 
-		snprintf(buf, 100, INT64_FORMAT, (int64) hPos);
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), INT64_FORMAT, (int64) hPos);
 		ahlog(AH, 3, "TOC Entry %s at %s (length %lu, checksum %d)\n",
 			  tag, buf, (unsigned long) len, sum);
 	}
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ _tarGetHeader(ArchiveHandle *AH, TAR_MEMBER *th)
 	{
 		char		buf[100];
 
-		snprintf(buf, 100, INT64_FORMAT, (int64) ftello(ctx->tarFH));
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), INT64_FORMAT, (int64) ftello(ctx->tarFH));
 		die_horribly(AH, modulename,
 					 "corrupt tar header found in %s "
 					 "(expected %d, computed %d) file position %s\n",

src/include/catalog/catversion.h

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: catversion.h,v 1.180 2003/03/10 03:53:51 tgl Exp $
+ * $Id: catversion.h,v 1.181 2003/03/20 03:34:56 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@
  */
 
 /*							yyyymmddN */
-#define CATALOG_VERSION_NO	200303091
+#define CATALOG_VERSION_NO	200303191
 
 #endif

src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: pg_proc.h,v 1.287 2003/03/14 04:43:52 tgl Exp $
+ * $Id: pg_proc.h,v 1.288 2003/03/20 03:34:56 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  The script catalog/genbki.sh reads this file and generates .bki
@@ -2741,6 +2741,8 @@ DATA(insert OID = 1939 (  pg_stat_get_backend_userid	PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f s 1
 DESCR("Statistics: User ID of backend");
 DATA(insert OID = 1940 (  pg_stat_get_backend_activity	PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f s 1 25 "23"	pg_stat_get_backend_activity - _null_ ));
 DESCR("Statistics: Current query of backend");
+DATA(insert OID = 2094 (  pg_stat_get_backend_activity_start PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f s 1 1114 "23"  pg_stat_get_backend_activity_start - _null_));
+DESCR("Statistics: Start time for current query of backend");
 DATA(insert OID = 1941 (  pg_stat_get_db_numbackends	PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f s 1 23 "26"	pg_stat_get_db_numbackends - _null_ ));
 DESCR("Statistics: Number of backends in database");
 DATA(insert OID = 1942 (  pg_stat_get_db_xact_commit	PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f s 1 20 "26"	pg_stat_get_db_xact_commit - _null_ ));
@@ -2750,7 +2752,7 @@ DESCR("Statistics: Transactions rolled back");
 DATA(insert OID = 1944 (  pg_stat_get_db_blocks_fetched PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f s 1 20 "26"	pg_stat_get_db_blocks_fetched - _null_ ));
 DESCR("Statistics: Blocks fetched for database");
 DATA(insert OID = 1945 (  pg_stat_get_db_blocks_hit		PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f s 1 20 "26"	pg_stat_get_db_blocks_hit - _null_ ));
-DESCR("Statistics: Block found in cache for database");
+DESCR("Statistics: Blocks found in cache for database");
 
 DATA(insert OID = 1946 (  encode						PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f i 2 25 "17 25"  binary_encode - _null_ ));
 DESCR("Convert bytea value into some ascii-only text string");

src/include/pgstat.h

@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
  *
  *	Copyright (c) 2001, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- *	$Id: pgstat.h,v 1.12 2003/01/09 18:00:24 tgl Exp $
+ *	$Id: pgstat.h,v 1.13 2003/03/20 03:34:56 momjian Exp $
  * ----------
  */
 #ifndef PGSTAT_H
 #define PGSTAT_H
 
+#include "utils/nabstime.h"
+
 /* ----------
  * Paths for the statistics files. The %s is replaced with the
  * installations $PGDATA.
@@ -111,6 +113,8 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatBeEntry
 	Oid			userid;
 	int			procpid;
 	char		activity[PGSTAT_ACTIVITY_SIZE];
+	AbsoluteTime activity_start_sec;
+	int			activity_start_usec;
 } PgStat_StatBeEntry;
 
 

src/test/regress/expected/rules.out

@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ SELECT viewname, definition FROM pg_views WHERE schemaname <> 'information_schem
  pg_locks                 | SELECT l.relation, l."database", l."transaction", l.pid, l."mode", l.granted FROM pg_lock_status() l(relation oid, "database" oid, "transaction" xid, pid integer, "mode" text, granted boolean);
  pg_rules                 | SELECT n.nspname AS schemaname, c.relname AS tablename, r.rulename, pg_get_ruledef(r.oid) AS definition FROM ((pg_rewrite r JOIN pg_class c ON ((c.oid = r.ev_class))) LEFT JOIN pg_namespace n ON ((n.oid = c.relnamespace))) WHERE (r.rulename <> '_RETURN'::name);
  pg_settings              | SELECT a.name, a.setting FROM pg_show_all_settings() a(name text, setting text);
- pg_stat_activity         | SELECT d.oid AS datid, d.datname, pg_stat_get_backend_pid(s.backendid) AS procpid, pg_stat_get_backend_userid(s.backendid) AS usesysid, u.usename, pg_stat_get_backend_activity(s.backendid) AS current_query FROM pg_database d, (SELECT pg_stat_get_backend_idset() AS backendid) s, pg_shadow u WHERE ((pg_stat_get_backend_dbid(s.backendid) = d.oid) AND (pg_stat_get_backend_userid(s.backendid) = u.usesysid));
+ pg_stat_activity         | SELECT d.oid AS datid, d.datname, pg_stat_get_backend_pid(s.backendid) AS procpid, pg_stat_get_backend_userid(s.backendid) AS usesysid, u.usename, pg_stat_get_backend_activity(s.backendid) AS current_query, pg_stat_get_backend_activity_start(s.backendid) AS query_start FROM pg_database d, (SELECT pg_stat_get_backend_idset() AS backendid) s, pg_shadow u WHERE ((pg_stat_get_backend_dbid(s.backendid) = d.oid) AND (pg_stat_get_backend_userid(s.backendid) = u.usesysid));
  pg_stat_all_indexes      | SELECT c.oid AS relid, i.oid AS indexrelid, n.nspname AS schemaname, c.relname, i.relname AS indexrelname, pg_stat_get_numscans(i.oid) AS idx_scan, pg_stat_get_tuples_returned(i.oid) AS idx_tup_read, pg_stat_get_tuples_fetched(i.oid) AS idx_tup_fetch FROM (((pg_class c JOIN pg_index x ON ((c.oid = x.indrelid))) JOIN pg_class i ON ((i.oid = x.indexrelid))) LEFT JOIN pg_namespace n ON ((n.oid = c.relnamespace))) WHERE (c.relkind = 'r'::"char");
  pg_stat_all_tables       | SELECT c.oid AS relid, n.nspname AS schemaname, c.relname, pg_stat_get_numscans(c.oid) AS seq_scan, pg_stat_get_tuples_returned(c.oid) AS seq_tup_read, sum(pg_stat_get_numscans(i.indexrelid)) AS idx_scan, sum(pg_stat_get_tuples_fetched(i.indexrelid)) AS idx_tup_fetch, pg_stat_get_tuples_inserted(c.oid) AS n_tup_ins, pg_stat_get_tuples_updated(c.oid) AS n_tup_upd, pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted(c.oid) AS n_tup_del FROM ((pg_class c LEFT JOIN pg_index i ON ((c.oid = i.indrelid))) LEFT JOIN pg_namespace n ON ((n.oid = c.relnamespace))) WHERE (c.relkind = 'r'::"char") GROUP BY c.oid, n.nspname, c.relname;
  pg_stat_database         | SELECT d.oid AS datid, d.datname, pg_stat_get_db_numbackends(d.oid) AS numbackends, pg_stat_get_db_xact_commit(d.oid) AS xact_commit, pg_stat_get_db_xact_rollback(d.oid) AS xact_rollback, (pg_stat_get_db_blocks_fetched(d.oid) - pg_stat_get_db_blocks_hit(d.oid)) AS blks_read, pg_stat_get_db_blocks_hit(d.oid) AS blks_hit FROM pg_database d;