Re: New SQL counter statistics view (pg_stat_sql)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Haribabu Kommi <kommi(dot)haribabu(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: New SQL counter statistics view (pg_stat_sql)
Date: 2016-08-22 20:27:06
Message-ID: 28917.1471897626@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> On 2016-08-22 13:54:43 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>>> I'm inclined to suggest you forget this approach and propose a single
>>> counter for "SQL commands executed", which avoids all of the above
>>> definitional problems. People who need more detail than that are
>>> probably best advised to look to contrib/pg_stat_statements, anyway.

>> I disagree. I think SQL commands executed, lumping absolutely
>> everything together, really isn't much use.

> I'm inclined to agree. I think that's a quite useful stat when looking
> at an installation one previously didn't have a lot of interaction with.

Well, let's at least have an "other" category so you can add up the
counters and get a meaningful total.

regards, tom lane

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