Re: pgmonitor on solaris

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> The problem is that Solaris uses the "original" version of Awk by default
> (apparently nobody knows why).
> This version lacks many features which have been available in later versions
> for approximately forever (in computing chronology :-)).
> Two other versions exist on Solaris:
> * "nawk" ("new awk", i.e. the updated "old awk")
> * /usr/xpg4/bin/awk (another, posix-compliant awk).
> Solaris seems to be weird this way. Other platforms don't seem to have this
> problem. Linux and FreeBSD, for example, use GNU awk, which would have all
> of the required functionality and more.

OK, I have confirmed you are correct. I find at:

http://www.oase-shareware.org/shell/articles/awkcompat.html

a chart comparing awk versions on different OS's and it shows gsub() not
supported on Solaris, Solaris 2.5,2.6,5.7,5.8 (sparc), /usr/5bin/awk.
nawk does have it.

I have put a 0.28 version of pgmonitor on my web site that tests for
awk/nawk/gawk and gsub(), and uses the one that works. Can someone test
this on Solaris and let me know if it is OK?

pgmonitor README attached:

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P G M O N I T O R

pgmonitor, version 0.28

The main web site for pgmonitor is:
http://greatbridge.org/project/pgmonitor/projdisplay.php

You can download the most recent version from
ftp://ftp.greatbridge.org/pub/pgmonitor

This tool allows monitoring of PostgreSQL activity. It requires Tcl/Tk
8.0 or later. It may require modification of the 'ps' flags for certain
platforms. It is known to run on *BSD, Linux, and HPUX.

Pgmonitor only works when run on the database server machine. To use it
remotely, log into the remote machine, set the DISPLAY variable to point
to your local X server, and start pgmonitor. Pgmonitor will then run on
the remote machine, but will display on your local machine.

Pgmonitor uses 'ps' to display backend process activity. It uses 'gdb'
to display running queries, and 'kill' to cancel queries and terminate
database connections.

Pgmonitor stores your most recent refresh and sort settings in the file
~/.pgmonitor. This file is used to reload your defaults every time
pgmonitor is started.

If you are running PostgreSQL 7.1.0 or earlier, the 'query' button will
not work unless you compile PostgreSQL with debug symbols (-g), or apply
the supplied patch 'query_display.diff' and recompile PostgreSQL. The
later method is recommended.

Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>

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