Re: [PROPOSAL] VACUUM Progress Checker.

On 2016/03/11 13:16, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:04 PM, Amit Langote
> <Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp> wrote:
>> So, from what I understand here, we should not put total count of index
>> pages into st_progress_param; rather, have the client (reading
>> pg_stat_progress_vacuum) derive it using pg_indexes_size() (?), as and
>> when necessary.  However, only server is able to tell the current position
>> within an index vacuuming round (or how many pages into a given index
>> vacuuming round), so report that using some not-yet-existent mechanism.
> 
> Isn't that mechanism what you are trying to create in 0003?

Right, 0003 should hopefully become that mechanism.

Thanks,
Amit