Pg_stat_statements
List Installed Extensions in PostgreSQL
Apr 18, 2026 / · 4 min read · postgresql administration database pg_extension pg_available_extensions pg_description pg_namespace pg_stat_statements ·How to List Installed Extensions in PostgreSQL PostgreSQL extensions package additional functionality — data types, functions, operators, and index methods — that can be installed into a database with CREATE EXTENSION. Common examples include pg_stat_statements for query performance tracking, uuid-ossp for UUID …
Read MorePostgreSQL Query Planning Settings Query Guide
Mar 20, 2026 / · 5 min read · postgresql database administration sql queries configuration query planning performance tuning pg_settings postgres dba pg_stat_activity pg_stat_statements pg_stat_user_tables ·PostgreSQL Query Planning Settings Query Guide This PostgreSQL query retrieves all query tuning and statistics collection settings from the pg_settings system view. These parameters control how the query planner selects execution strategies, estimates costs, and collects runtime statistics. Purpose and Overview The …
Read MorePostgreSQL Statistics Settings Query Guide This PostgreSQL query retrieves all statistics collection configuration settings from the pg_settings system view. These parameters control what runtime data PostgreSQL collects about query execution, table activity, and performance, feeding into the pg_stat_* monitoring …
Read MoreAnalyze PostgreSQL Cache-Hit Ratio with pg_stat_statements
May 18, 2025 / · 3 min read · PostgreSQL SQL database performance monitor running queries pg_stat_statements ·How to Analyze PostgreSQL Query Cache-Hit Ratio Using pg_stat_statements Purpose Measuring the cache-hit ratio of your PostgreSQL queries is essential for understanding and optimizing how efficiently your database serves data from memory versus disk. This article explains how to use the pg_stat_statements extension to …
Read MoreBoost PostgreSQL Efficiency with Cache Hit Ratio Analysis
PostgreSQL Performance Tuning: Analyze Cache Hit Ratio with pg_stat_statements Purpose This PostgreSQL query empowers you to gain critical insights into the efficiency of your query workload by measuring the cache hit ratio from the pg_stat_statements extension. Cache hit ratio is a crucial metric for evaluating how …
Read MoreAnalyze PostgreSQL Query Times with pg_stat_statements
Aug 29, 2024 / · 8 min read · postgresql performance performance tuning pg_stat_statements pg_database pg_roles ·Analyze PostgreSQL Query Times with pg_stat_statements PostgreSQL 13 renamed the timing columns of pg_stat_statements: total_time became total_exec_time, mean_time became mean_exec_time, and the same suffix went onto the minimum, maximum and standard deviation columns. A query copied from an older tutorial fails on a …
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