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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 54c6b4f973..11cbb5ff33 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml,v 1.34 2006/06/19 01:51:21 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml,v 1.35 2006/06/27 19:07:50 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="monitoring">
<title>Monitoring Database Activity</title>
@@ -170,12 +170,11 @@ postgres: <replaceable>user</> <replaceable>database</> <replaceable>host</> <re
<note>
<para>
- Since the parameters <varname>stats_command_string</varname>,
- <varname>stats_block_level</varname>, and
+ Since the parameters <varname>stats_block_level</varname>, and
<varname>stats_row_level</varname> default to <literal>false</>,
very few statistics are collected in the default
- configuration. Enabling one or more of these configuration
- variables will significantly enhance the amount of useful data
+ configuration. Enabling either of these configuration
+ variables will significantly increase the amount of useful data
produced by the statistics facilities, at the expense of
additional run-time overhead.
</para>
@@ -241,9 +240,9 @@ postgres: <replaceable>user</> <replaceable>database</> <replaceable>host</> <re
process <acronym>ID</>, user OID, user name, current query, time at
which the current query began execution, time at which the process
was started, and client's address and port number. The columns
- that report data on the current query are only available if the
+ that report data on the current query are available unless the
parameter <varname>stats_command_string</varname> has been
- turned on. Furthermore, these columns read as null unless the
+ turned off. Furthermore, these columns are only visible if the
user examining the view is a superuser or the same as the user
owning the process being reported on.
</entry>
@@ -635,10 +634,10 @@ postgres: <replaceable>user</> <replaceable>database</> <replaceable>host</> <re
<entry><literal><function>pg_stat_get_backend_activity</function>(<type>integer</type>)</literal></entry>
<entry><type>text</type></entry>
<entry>
- Active command of the given server process (null if the
- current user is not a superuser nor the same user as that of
- the session being queried, or
- <varname>stats_command_string</varname> is not on)
+ Active command of the given server process, but only if the
+ current user is a superuser or the same user as that of
+ the session being queried (and
+ <varname>stats_command_string</varname> is on)
</entry>
</row>
@@ -647,10 +646,10 @@ postgres: <replaceable>user</> <replaceable>database</> <replaceable>host</> <re
<entry><type>timestamp with time zone</type></entry>
<entry>
The time at which the given server process' currently
- executing query was started (null if the
- current user is not a superuser nor the same user as that of
- the session being queried, or
- <varname>stats_command_string</varname> is not on)
+ executing query was started, but only if the
+ current user is a superuser or the same user as that of
+ the session being queried (and
+ <varname>stats_command_string</varname> is on)
</entry>
</row>