Re: New function pg_stat_statements_reset_query() to reset statistics of a specific query

From: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: sk(at)zsrv(dot)org, vik(dot)fearing(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com, Haribabu Kommi <kommi(dot)haribabu(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Ashutosh Sharma <ashu(dot)coek88(at)gmail(dot)com>, Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Subject: Re: New function pg_stat_statements_reset_query() to reset statistics of a specific query
Date: 2018-11-29 02:57:02
Message-ID: CAA4eK1J1Yuy4KtTVCgQTqaDOWtKyM0tBj2Pj3YqaLrzZW1r4xg@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 7:13 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On 2018-Nov-28, Amit Kapila wrote:
>
> > The problem with this idea is that if someone specifies a particular
> > parameter using query and the query doesn't return any parameters,
> > then it can lead to inadvertent behavior. For example, if user uses
> > something like pg_stat_statements_reset(<valid_user_id>,
> > <valid_db_id>, SELECT s.queryid FROM pg_stat_statements AS s WHERE
> > s.query = 'SELECT $1 AS "ONE"'); now, if the query doesn't return any
> > row, we will remove the stats for all queries that belong to
> > (userid,dbid). It could be surprising for some users, that's why we
> > came up with option-4 where we keep the default value of parameters as
> > 0.
>
> Right, I think option 4 is a clear improvement over option 1. I can get
> behind that one. Since not many people care to vote, I think this tips
> the scales enough to that side.
>

Agreed. Hari, can you change the patch as per the requirements of option-4.

> Thanks for your patience.
>

No problem.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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