Re: Resetting cluster-wide statistics

On Mon, 23 Mar 2009, Tom Lane wrote:

> We used to have the stats_reset_on_server_start thingy, which covered
> that case.  When we removed it on the grounds that you could do the
> same less klugily with pg_stat_reset(), nobody complained about
> cluster-wide stats...

Not exactly sure of the sequence here, but I think that was before 
pg_stat_bgwriter was introduced.  That was late in the 8.3 cycle and one 
of the primary things I'd like have a good way to reset.  I'll dig back to 
the commit that wiped out stats_reset_on_server_stat and see what it used 
to do.  I might suggest something that puts something similar back, 
perhaps with a more targeted UI given that pg_stat_reset has taken over 
its original primary function.

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* Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD