Обсуждение: proposal - queryid can be used as filter for auto_explain
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
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.
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.
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.