Re: Query progress indication - an implementation

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> So, while an actual % completed indicator would be perfect, a "query 
> steps completed, current step =" would still be very useful and a large 
> improvement over what we have now.

I think this is pretty much nonsense --- most queries run all their plan
nodes concurrently to some extent.  You can't usefully say that a query
is "on" some node, nor measure progress by whether some node is "done".
        regards, tom lane