Re: mat views stats

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Jim Mlodgenski <jimmy76(at)gmail(dot)com>, PgHacker <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: mat views stats
Date: 2017-02-26 16:49:21
Message-ID: CA+TgmobiJZSmYS7ieFTHaCS8kDWwfAVwE-BaLGcjGbdGax75Xg@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com> wrote:
> Certainly easier, but I don't think it'd be better. Matviews really aren't
> the same thing as tables. Off-hand (without reviewing the patch), update and
> delete counts certainly wouldn't make any sense. "Insert" counts might, in
> as much as it's how many rows have been added by refreshes. You'd want a
> refresh count too.

Regular REFRESH truncates the view and repopulates it, but REFRESH
CONCURRENTLY does inserts, updates, and deletes as needed to adjust
the contents. So I think all the same counters that make sense for
regular tables are also sensible here.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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