pg_stat_monitor/docs/COMPARISON.md

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Comparing pg_stat_monitor and pg_stat_statements

The pg_stat_monitor extension is developed on the basis of pg_stat_statements as its more advanced replacement.

Thus, pg_stat_monitor inherits the columns available in pg_stat_statements plus provides additional ones.

Note that pg_stat_monitor and pg_stat_statements process statistics data differently. Because of these differences, memory blocks and WAL (Write Ahead Logs) related statistics data are displayed inconsistently when both extensions are used together.

To see all available columns, run the following command from the psql terminal:

 postgres=# \d pg_stat_monitor;

The following table compares the pg_stat_monitor view with that of pg_stat_statements.

Note that the column names differ depending on the PostgreSQL version you are running.

Column name for PostgreSQL 13 and above Column name for PostgreSQL 11 and 12 pg_stat_monitor pg_stat_statements
bucket bucket ✔️
bucket_start_time bucket_start_time ✔️
userid userid ✔️ ✔️
datname datname ✔️ ✔️
toplevel1 ✔️ ✔️
client_ip client_ip ✔️
queryid queryid ✔️ ✔️
planid planid ✔️
query_plan query_plan ✔️
top_query top_query ✔️
top_queryid top_queryid ✔️
query query ✔️ ✔️
application_name application_name ✔️
relations relations ✔️
cmd_type cmd_type ✔️
elevel elevel ✔️
sqlcode sqlcode ✔️
message message ✔️
plans_calls plans_calls ✔️ ✔️
total_plan_time ✔️ ✔️
min_plan_time ✔️ ✔️
max_plan_time ✔️ ✔️
mean_plan_time ✔️ ✔️
stddev_plan_time ✔️ ✔️
calls calls ✔️ ✔️
total_exec_time total_time ✔️ ✔️
min_exec_time min_time ✔️ ✔️
max_exec_time max_time ✔️ ✔️
mean_exec_time mean_time ✔️ ✔️
stddev_exec_time stddev_time ✔️ ✔️
rows_retrieved rows_retrieved ✔️ ✔️
shared_blks_hit shared_blks_hit ✔️ ✔️
shared_blks_read shared_blks_read ✔️ ✔️
shared_blks_dirtied shared_blks_dirtied ✔️ ✔️
shared_blks_written shared_blks_written ✔️ ✔️
local_blks_hit local_blks_hit ✔️ ✔️
local_blks_read local_blks_read ✔️ ✔️
local_blks_dirtied local_blks_dirtied ✔️ ✔️
local_blks_written local_blks_written ✔️ ✔️
temp_blks_read temp_blks_read ✔️ ✔️
temp_blks_written temp_blks_written ✔️   ✔️
blk_read_time blk_read_time ✔️ ✔️
blk_write_time blk_write_time ✔️ ✔️
resp_calls resp_calls ✔️
cpu_user_time cpu_user_time ✔️
cpu_sys_time cpu_sys_time ✔️
wal_records wal_records ✔️   ✔️
wal_fpi wal_fpi ✔️   ✔️
wal_bytes wal_bytes ✔️   ✔️
state_code state_code ✔️
state state ✔️

To learn more about the features in pg_stat_monitor, please see the User guide.

Additional reading: pg_stat_statements


  1. Available starting from PostgreSQL 14 and above ↩︎