Re: After upgrade to 9.6: waiting column does not exist

On 09/12/2016 10:04, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 12/8/2016 11:59 PM, Johann Spies wrote:
>> Now, when running the 9.6 server the following error message shows up regularly in the log:
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>> postgres(at)template1 ERROR: column "waiting" does not exist at character 217
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>> As far as I understand the following remark in the release notes, the column 'waiting' should not exist:
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>> *
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>> Improve the pg_stat_activity <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/monitoring-stats.html#PG-STAT-ACTIVITY-VIEW> view's information about what a process is waiting for (Amit Kapila, Ildus
>> Kurbangaliev)
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>> Historically a process has only been shown as waiting if it was waiting for a heavyweight lock. Now waits for lightweight locks and buffer pins are also shown in pg_stat_activity. Also, the
>> type of lock being waited for is now visible. These changes replace the waiting column with wait_event_type and wait_event.
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>>
>> How do I correct this?
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> are you running some sort of monitoring software thats periodically looking at pg_stat_activity ? whatever query its doing needs to be rewritten to take into account the pg_stat_activity changes
> in 9.6
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>
Also It would help to modify your log line prefix (log_line_prefix) to include client's address, PID, and application name.
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> --
> john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

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