Re: viewing large queries in pg_stat_activity

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> 2010/2/9 David Kerr <dmk@mr-paradox.net>:
>> It seems like pg_stat_activity truncates the current_query to about 1024 characters.
>>
>> The field is a text, so i'm wondering if there is a way to see the full query?
>>
>> (I know i can turn on log_statement=all, or log_min_duration_statement) but i'd like
>> something that doesn't require a restart.
>
> The data isn't being tracked, so there is no way to show it. The
> length of the query tracked can be found in the parameter
> track_activity_query_size. Note that increasing that will obviously
> increase the overhead of collecting it.
>
>

That's documented in 8.4, does anyone know if it's available in 8.3?

Thanks

Dave