Re: BUG: pg_stat_statements query normalization issues with combined queries

From: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Kyotaro HORIGUCHI <horiguchi(dot)kyotaro(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, craig(dot)ringer(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com, robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG: pg_stat_statements query normalization issues with combined queries
Date: 2017-01-12 19:08:54
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.20.1701122004190.3788@lancre
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About having a pointer to the initial string from RawStmt, Query &
PlannedStmt:

> I remembered one reason why we haven't done this: it's unclear how we'd
> handle copying if we do it. If, say, Query contains a "char *" pointer
> then you'd expect copyObject() to pstrdup that string, [..., So] We'd
> need to work out a way of managing multiple Queries carrying references
> to the same source string, and it's not clear how to do that reasonably.

For me it would be shared, but then it may break some memory management
hypothesis downstream.

> So for now, it remains the path of least resistance for Portals and
> CachedPlans to contain a list of Query or PlannedStmt objects and a
> separate source string.

Ok. Thanks for the explanation.

--
Fabien.

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