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proposal - queryid can be used as filter for auto_explain

От
Pavel Stehule
Дата:
Hi

I have to investigate strange behaviour of some specific query. One possibility is non stability of plan. This is a bigger server with a bigger load, and I am a little bit afraid to use auto_explain for all queries.

Currently auto_explain doesn't support it, but it can be practical if we can specify a list of queryid as a filter of auto_explain.

What do you think about this idea?

Regards

Pavel

Re: proposal - queryid can be used as filter for auto_explain

От
Julien Rouhaud
Дата:
Hi,

On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 06:46:24AM +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote:
>
> I have to investigate strange behaviour of some specific query. One
> possibility is non stability of plan. This is a bigger server with a bigger
> load, and I am a little bit afraid to use auto_explain for all queries.
>
> Currently auto_explain doesn't support it, but it can be practical if we
> can specify a list of queryid as a filter of auto_explain.
>
> What do you think about this idea?

+1.  I don't think it's something that will be useful very often, but when it's
going to be useful it would be *extremely* convenient to have.



Re: proposal - queryid can be used as filter for auto_explain

От
Jakub Wartak
Дата:
On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 06:46:24AM +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> >
> > I have to investigate strange behaviour of some specific query. One
> > possibility is non stability of plan. This is a bigger server with a bigger
> > load, and I am a little bit afraid to use auto_explain for all queries.
> >
> > Currently auto_explain doesn't support it, but it can be practical if we
> > can specify a list of queryid as a filter of auto_explain.
> >
> > What do you think about this idea?
>
> +1.  I don't think it's something that will be useful very often, but when it's
> going to be useful it would be *extremely* convenient to have.

+1 too.

The only doubt would be: if that's new GUC, then this is list of queryIDs,
right? So do you plan also logging the queryid from auto_explain directly or
one should have %Q in log_line_prefix?

-J.



Re: proposal - queryid can be used as filter for auto_explain

От
Pavel Stehule
Дата:


st 15. 4. 2026 v 8:37 odesílatel Jakub Wartak <jakub.wartak@enterprisedb.com> napsal:
On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 06:46:24AM +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> >
> > I have to investigate strange behaviour of some specific query. One
> > possibility is non stability of plan. This is a bigger server with a bigger
> > load, and I am a little bit afraid to use auto_explain for all queries.
> >
> > Currently auto_explain doesn't support it, but it can be practical if we
> > can specify a list of queryid as a filter of auto_explain.
> >
> > What do you think about this idea?
>
> +1.  I don't think it's something that will be useful very often, but when it's
> going to be useful it would be *extremely* convenient to have.

+1 too.

The only doubt would be: if that's new GUC, then this is list of queryIDs,
right? So do you plan also logging the queryid from auto_explain directly or
one should have %Q in log_line_prefix?

I plan a new GUC with a list of values. I haven't thought about implementation yet. I'll send a prototype next week.

Regards

Pavel




-J.