Re: query_id: jumble names of temp tables for better pg_stat_statement UX

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Sami Imseih <samimseih@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, ma lz <ma100@hotmail.com>
Date: 2025-03-25T03:51:12Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-general
On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 09:38:35PM -0500, Sami Imseih wrote:
> > select * from foo s1;
> > select * from foo s2;
> 
> ah, thanks for pointing this out. Not as good of a workaround as
> a comment since one must change aliases, but at least there is
> a workaround...

Exactly.  Like Tom I'm not really worried about the proposal, but of
course I could prove to be wrong.  I am ready to assume that bloat in
pgss entries caused by temp tables is a more common case.

So let's move on with this proposal, before the gong.
--
Michael

Commits

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  1. Use relation name instead of OID in query jumbling for RangeTblEntry

  2. Fix two issues with custom_query_jumble in gen_node_support.pl

  3. pg_stat_statements: Add more tests with temp tables and namespaces

  4. Add support for custom_query_jumble as a node field attribute