Re: psql \watch 2nd argument: iteration count

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Andrey Borodin <amborodin86(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql \watch 2nd argument: iteration count
Date: 2023-02-20 14:23:27
Message-ID: 8f133e7d-0803-9280-78ba-19d2db796176@enterprisedb.com
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On 17.02.23 00:33, Andrey Borodin wrote:
> From time to time I want to collect some stats from locks, activity
> and other stat views into one table from different time points. In
> this case the \watch psql command is very handy. However, it's not
> currently possible to specify the number of times a query is
> performed.

The watch command on my OS has a lot of options, but this is not one of
them. So probably no one has really needed it so far.

> Also, if we do not provide a timespan, 2 seconds are selected. But if
> we provide an incorrect argument - 1 second is selected.
> PFA the patch that adds iteration count argument and makes timespan
> argument more consistent.

That should probably be fixed.

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