Re: New SQL counter statistics view (pg_stat_sql)

>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.

How would that meaningful total might help a user. What can a user might
analyse with the counter in 'other' category.

Neha