Re: compute_query_id and pg_stat_statements

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: compute_query_id and pg_stat_statements
Date: 2021-05-14 17:28:38
Message-ID: 20210514172838.GG22344@momjian.us
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On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 12:21:23PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 12:04:05PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> > > On May 14, 2021, at 8:35 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 09:41:42PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > I think keeping the output as 'auto', and documenting that this query
> > > must be run to determine if the query id is being computed:
> > >
> > > SELECT query_id
> > > FROM pg_stat_activity
> > > WHERE pid = pg_backend_pid();
> > >
> > > is the right approach.
> >
> > I’d rather we added a specific function. This is not really obvious.
>
> Well, we can document this query, add a function, or add a read-only
> GUC. I am not sure how we decide which one to use.

I wonder if we should go with an SQL query now (no new API needed) and
then add a GUC once we decide on how extensions can register that they
are generating the query id, so the GUC can report the generating
source, not just a boolean. The core server can also register as the
source.

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