Thanks Jeff. This should help in getting a fairly approximate values. Amitabh
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Jeff Davis <pg...@j-davis.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-10-24 at 19:34 +0530, Amitabh Kant wrote: > > If I read the xact_commit field returned by "Select * from > > pg_stat_database" multiple times, and then average the difference > > between consecutive values, would this give an approx idea about the > > transactions per second in my database? > > Yes, approximately. It relies on the stats messages. > > > Does this figure include the number of select statements being > > executed in the db? > > > Yes, a quick test shows that select statements count as well. However, > it seems that very simple selects, like "SELECT 1" might not send the > stats messages right away, and they might end up getting lost. > > Regards, > Jeff Davis > > >
