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From: Sami Imseih <[email protected]>
To: Chao Li <[email protected]>
Cc: Fujii Masao <[email protected]>
Cc: shihao zhong <[email protected]>
Cc: Kirill Reshke <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Add missing stats_reset column to pg_stat_database_conflicts view
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:21:18 -0500
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Thanks for the updated patch!

--- Since pg_stat_database stats_reset starts out as NULL, reset it
once first so we have something to compare it to
+-- Since stats_reset in pg_stat_database and pg_stat_database_conflicts starts
+-- out as NULL, reset it once first so we have something to compare it to
SELECT pg_stat_reset();
-SELECT stats_reset AS db_reset_ts FROM pg_stat_database WHERE datname
= (SELECT current_database()) \gset
+SELECT D.stats_reset AS db_reset_ts, DC.stats_reset AS dbc_reset_ts
+FROM pg_stat_database D, pg_stat_database_conflicts DC
+WHERE D.datname = (SELECT current_database()) AND D.datname = DC.datname \gset
SELECT pg_stat_reset();
-SELECT stats_reset > :'db_reset_ts'::timestamptz FROM
pg_stat_database WHERE datname = (SELECT current_database());
+SELECT D.stats_reset > :'db_reset_ts'::timestamptz,
+ DC.stats_reset > :'dbc_reset_ts'::timestamptz,
+ D.stats_reset = DC.stats_reset
+FROM pg_stat_database D, pg_stat_database_conflicts DC
+WHERE D.datname = (SELECT current_database()) AND D.datname = DC.datname;

I think the changes to the test are overcomplicated unnecessarly. We should not
have to join pg_stat_database and pg_stat_database_conflicts. We can just
query each fo the stats_reset separately. see v5, I kept the check to
ensure that
pg_stat_database and pg_stat_database_conflicts have the same reset
time. I think
this is good to have as well. I also updated the existing comment for
more clarity.

--
Sami Imseih
Amazon Web Services (AWS)


Attachments:

  [application/octet-stream] v5-0001-Add-stats_reset-column-to-pg_stat_database_confli.patch (6.4K, 2-v5-0001-Add-stats_reset-column-to-pg_stat_database_confli.patch)
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From 9dd37a685ce4f83ee6b65fa7e48e5bf4867b09b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fujii Masao <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:15:32 +0900
Subject: [PATCH v5 1/1] Add stats_reset column to pg_stat_database_conflicts.

This commit adds a stats_reset column to pg_stat_database_conflicts,
allowing users to see when the statistics in this view were last reset.
This makes the view consistent with pg_stat_database and other statistics
views.

Catalog version bumped.

Author: Shihao Zhong <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Sami Imseih <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kirill Reshke <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAGRkXqS98OebEWjax99_LVAECsxCB8i=BfsdAL34i-5QHfwyOQ@mail.gmail.com
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml         |  9 +++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql |  3 ++-
 src/include/catalog/catversion.h     |  2 +-
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out  |  3 ++-
 src/test/regress/expected/stats.out  | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 src/test/regress/sql/stats.sql       |  7 ++++++-
 6 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index cc014564c97..7ef9fbba874 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4036,6 +4036,15 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
        on the primary
       </para></entry>
      </row>
+
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+        <structfield>stats_reset</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+       </para>
+       <para>
+        Time at which these statistics were last reset
+       </para></entry>
+     </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </table>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 339c016e510..90d48bc9c80 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -1163,7 +1163,8 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_database_conflicts AS
             pg_stat_get_db_conflict_snapshot(D.oid) AS confl_snapshot,
             pg_stat_get_db_conflict_bufferpin(D.oid) AS confl_bufferpin,
             pg_stat_get_db_conflict_startup_deadlock(D.oid) AS confl_deadlock,
-            pg_stat_get_db_conflict_logicalslot(D.oid) AS confl_active_logicalslot
+            pg_stat_get_db_conflict_logicalslot(D.oid) AS confl_active_logicalslot,
+            pg_stat_get_db_stat_reset_time(D.oid) AS stats_reset
     FROM pg_database D;
 
 CREATE VIEW pg_stat_user_functions AS
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/catversion.h b/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
index 90f46b03502..e7d6f70ecfa 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@
  */
 
 /*							yyyymmddN */
-#define CATALOG_VERSION_NO	202603101
+#define CATALOG_VERSION_NO	202603121
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index f373ad704b6..71d7262049e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1921,7 +1921,8 @@ pg_stat_database_conflicts| SELECT oid AS datid,
     pg_stat_get_db_conflict_snapshot(oid) AS confl_snapshot,
     pg_stat_get_db_conflict_bufferpin(oid) AS confl_bufferpin,
     pg_stat_get_db_conflict_startup_deadlock(oid) AS confl_deadlock,
-    pg_stat_get_db_conflict_logicalslot(oid) AS confl_active_logicalslot
+    pg_stat_get_db_conflict_logicalslot(oid) AS confl_active_logicalslot,
+    pg_stat_get_db_stat_reset_time(oid) AS stats_reset
    FROM pg_database d;
 pg_stat_gssapi| SELECT pid,
     gss_auth AS gss_authenticated,
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/stats.out b/src/test/regress/expected/stats.out
index cd00f35bf7a..1b3d9f2fb35 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/stats.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/stats.out
@@ -1132,7 +1132,9 @@ SELECT pg_stat_reset_shared('unknown');
 ERROR:  unrecognized reset target: "unknown"
 HINT:  Target must be "archiver", "bgwriter", "checkpointer", "io", "recovery_prefetch", "slru", or "wal".
 -- Test that reset works for pg_stat_database
--- Since pg_stat_database stats_reset starts out as NULL, reset it once first so we have something to compare it to
+-- Since pg_stat_database stats_reset starts out as NULL, reset it once first so that we
+-- have a baseline for comparison. The same for pg_stat_database_conflicts as it shares
+-- the same stats_reset as pg_stat_database.
 SELECT pg_stat_reset();
  pg_stat_reset 
 ---------------
@@ -1140,6 +1142,13 @@ SELECT pg_stat_reset();
 (1 row)
 
 SELECT stats_reset AS db_reset_ts FROM pg_stat_database WHERE datname = (SELECT current_database()) \gset
+SELECT stats_reset AS dbc_reset_ts FROM pg_stat_database_conflicts WHERE datname =  (SELECT current_database()) \gset
+SELECT :'db_reset_ts'::timestamptz = :'dbc_reset_ts'::timestamptz;
+ ?column? 
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
 SELECT pg_stat_reset();
  pg_stat_reset 
 ---------------
@@ -1152,6 +1161,12 @@ SELECT stats_reset > :'db_reset_ts'::timestamptz FROM pg_stat_database WHERE dat
  t
 (1 row)
 
+SELECT stats_reset > :'dbc_reset_ts'::timestamptz FROM pg_stat_database_conflicts WHERE datname = (SELECT current_database());
+ ?column? 
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
 ----
 -- pg_stat_get_snapshot_timestamp behavior
 ----
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/stats.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/stats.sql
index 8768e0f27fd..3593bd8ab76 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/stats.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/stats.sql
@@ -525,11 +525,16 @@ SELECT pg_stat_reset_shared('unknown');
 
 -- Test that reset works for pg_stat_database
 
--- Since pg_stat_database stats_reset starts out as NULL, reset it once first so we have something to compare it to
+-- Since pg_stat_database stats_reset starts out as NULL, reset it once first so that we
+-- have a baseline for comparison. The same for pg_stat_database_conflicts as it shares
+-- the same stats_reset as pg_stat_database.
 SELECT pg_stat_reset();
 SELECT stats_reset AS db_reset_ts FROM pg_stat_database WHERE datname = (SELECT current_database()) \gset
+SELECT stats_reset AS dbc_reset_ts FROM pg_stat_database_conflicts WHERE datname =  (SELECT current_database()) \gset
+SELECT :'db_reset_ts'::timestamptz = :'dbc_reset_ts'::timestamptz;
 SELECT pg_stat_reset();
 SELECT stats_reset > :'db_reset_ts'::timestamptz FROM pg_stat_database WHERE datname = (SELECT current_database());
+SELECT stats_reset > :'dbc_reset_ts'::timestamptz FROM pg_stat_database_conflicts WHERE datname = (SELECT current_database());
 
 
 ----
-- 
2.47.3



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