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pgstattuple README 2002/08/29 Tatsuo Ishii
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1. What is pgstattuple?
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pgstattuple returns the table length, percentage of the "dead"
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tuples of a table and other info. This may help users to determine
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whether vacuum is necessary or not. Here is an example session:
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test=# \x
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Expanded display is on.
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test=# select * from pgstattuple('pg_catalog.pg_proc');
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-[ RECORD 1 ]------+-------
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table_len | 458752
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tuple_count | 1470
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tuple_len | 438896
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tuple_percent | 95.67
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dead_tuple_count | 11
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dead_tuple_len | 3157
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dead_tuple_percent | 0.69
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free_space | 8932
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free_percent | 1.95
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Here are explanations for each column:
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table_len -- physical table length in bytes
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tuple_count -- number of live tuples
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tuple_len -- total tuples length in bytes
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tuple_percent -- live tuples in %
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dead_tuple_len -- total dead tuples length in bytes
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dead_tuple_percent -- dead tuples in %
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free_space -- free space in bytes
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free_percent -- free space in %
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2. Installing pgstattuple
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$ make
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$ make install
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$ psql -e -f /usr/local/pgsql/share/contrib/pgstattuple.sql test
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3. Using pgstattuple
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pgstattuple may be called as a table function and is
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defined as follows:
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CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pgstattuple(text) RETURNS pgstattuple_type
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AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'pgstattuple'
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LANGUAGE 'c' STRICT;
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CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pgstattuple(oid) RETURNS pgstattuple_type
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AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'pgstattuplebyid'
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LANGUAGE 'c' STRICT;
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The argument is the table name (optionally it may be qualified)
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or the OID of the table. Note that pgstattuple only returns
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one row.
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4. Notes
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pgstattuple acquires only a read lock on the table. So concurrent
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update may affect the result.
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pgstattuple judges a tuple is "dead" if HeapTupleSatisfiesNow()
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returns false.
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