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Other Functions

  • pgxc_pool_check()

    Description: Checks whether the connection data buffered in the pool is consistent with pgxc_node.

    Return type: Boolean

  • pgxc_pool_reload()

    Description: Updates the connection information buffered in the pool.

    Return type: Boolean

  • reload_active_coordinator()

    Description: Updates the connection information buffered in the pool for all active CNs.

    Return type: void

  • pgxc_lock_for_backup()

    Description: Locks a cluster for taking backup that would be restored on the new node to be added.

    Return type: Boolean

    pgxc_lock_for_backup locks a cluster before gs_dump or gs_dumpall is used to back up the cluster. After a cluster is locked, operations changing the system structure are not allowed. This function does not affect DML statements.

  • pg_pool_validate(clear bool, node_name text)

    Description: Displays invalid connections in the pooler between the CN and node_name. When the value of clear is true, invalid connections are cleared.

    Return type: record

  • pgxc_pool_connection_status()

    Description: Checks whether the pooler connection status is normal.

    Return type: Boolean

  • pg_nodes_memory()

    Description: Queries the memory usage of all nodes.

    Return type: record

  • table_skewness(text)

    Description: Queries the percentage of table data among all nodes.

    Parameter: Indicates that the type of the name of the to-be-queried table is text.

    Return type: record

  • table_skewness(text, text, text)

    Description: Queries the percentage of a specified column in the table data among all nodes.

    Parameters: name of the table to be queried, specified column name, and number of records in the specified table. The default value is 0, indicating that all records are queried. All parameters are of the text type.

    Return type: record

    Return value description: Node ID, number of data rows in a specified column, and percentage of the data volume of the current node to the total data volume

    Example:

    Return the distribution of the first five rows of data in the a column of the t table on a node.
    openGauss=# select table_skewness('t', 'a',5);
     table_skewness
    ----------------
     (1,3,60.000%)
     (2,2,40.000%)
    (2 rows)
    
    Return the distribution of all data in the a column of the t table on a node.
    openGauss=# select table_skewness('t', 'a');
     table_skewness
    ----------------
     (1,7,70.000%)
     (2,2,20.000%)
     (0,1,10.000%)
    (3 rows)
  • table_skewness_with_schema(text, text)

    Description: Checks the proportion of table data on all nodes. The function is the same as that of table_skewness(text).

    text indicates that the types of the schema name and table name for the table to be queried are both text.

    Return type: record

  • table_data_skewness(colrecord, type)

    Description: Queries the node where the table data is located.

    Parameter description:

    colrecord: column name record of the table to be queried. The value is of the record type.

    type: hash distribution type

    Return type: smallint

    Example:

    openGauss=# select table_data_skewness(row(index), 'R') from test1;
     table_data_skewness
    ---------------------
                       4
                       3
                       1
                       2
    (4 rows)
  • table_distribution(schemaname text, tablename text)

    Description: Queries the storage space occupied by a specified table on each node.

    text indicates that the types of the schema name and table name for the table to be queried are both text.

    Return type: record

    • To query the storage distribution of a specified table by using this function, you must have the SELECT permission for the table.
    • The performance of table_distribution is better than that of table_skewness. Especially, in a large cluster with a large amount of data, table_distribution is recommended. (The current feature is a lab feature. Contact Huawei technical support before using it.)
    • When you use table_distribution and want to view the space usage, you can use dnsize or (sum(dnsize) over ()) to view the percentage.
  • table_distribution()

    Description: Queries the storage distribution of all tables in the current database.

    Return type: record

    • This function involves the query for information about all tables in the database. To execute this function, you must have the administrator rights.
    • Based on the table_distribution() function, GaussDB provides the PGXC_GET_TABLE_SKEWNESS view as an alternative way to query data skew. You are advised to use this view when the number of tables in the database is less than 10000.
  • plan_seed

    Description: Obtains the seed value of the previous query statement (internal use).

    Return type: int

  • pg_stat_get_env

    Description: Obtains the environment variable information of the current node. Only users with the sysadmin or monitor admin permission can access the environment variable information.

    Return type: record

    Example:

    openGauss=# select pg_stat_get_env();
                                                                                  pg_stat_get_env
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (coordinator1,localhost,144773,49100,/data1/GaussDB_Kernel_TRUNK/install,/data1/GaussDB_Kernel_TRUNK/install/data/coordinator1,pg_log)
    (1 row)
  • pg_catalog.plancache_clean()

    Description: Clears the global plan cache that is not used on nodes.

    Return type: Boolean

  • pg_stat_get_thread

    Description: Provides thread status information on the current node. Users with the sysadmin or monitor admin permission can view information about all threads. Common users can view only their own thread information.

    Return type: record

  • pgxc_get_os_threads

    Description: Provides thread status information about all normal nodes in the entire cluster.

    Return type: record

  • pg_stat_get_sql_count

    Description: Provides the counts of the SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE, and MERGE INTO statements executed on the current node. Users with the sysadmin or monitor admin permission can view information about all users. Common users can view only their own statistics.

    Return type: record

  • pgxc_get_sql_count

    Description: Provides the counts of the SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE, and MERGE INTO statements executed on all the nodes in the entire cluster.

    Return type: record

  • pgxc_get_node_env

    Description: Provides the environment variable information about all nodes in a cluster.

    Return type: record

  • pgxc_disaster_read_set(text)

    Description: Configures node information about the DR cluster on ETCD. Only the DR cluster is available and can be called only by initial users.

    Return type: Boolean

  • pgxc_disaster_read_init

    Description: Initializes readable DR resources and status information. Only the DR cluster is available and can be called only by initial users.

    Return type: Boolean

  • pgxc_disaster_read_clear

    Description: Clears readable DR resources and status information. Only the DR cluster is available and can be called only by initial users.

    Return type: Boolean

  • pgxc_disaster_read_status

    Description: Provides node information about the DR cluster. This function is available only for the DR cluster.

    Return type: record

  • gs_switch_relfilenode

    Description: Exchanges metadata of two tables or partitions. (This is only used for the redistribution tool. An error message is displayed when the function is directly used by users).

    Return type: int

  • pg_catalog.plancache_clean()

    Description: Clears the global plan cache that is not used on the current node.

    Return type: Boolean

  • DBE_PERF.global_plancache_clean()

    Description: Clears the global plan cache that is not used on all nodes.

    Return type: Boolean

  • copy_error_log_create()

    Description: Creates the error table (public.pgxc_copy_error_log) required by the COPY FROM error tolerance mechanism.

    Return type: Boolean

    • This function attempts to create the public.pgxc_copy_error_log table. For details about the table, see Table 1.
    • In addition, it creates a B-tree index on the relname column and executes REVOKE ALL on public.pgxc_copy_error_log FROM public to manage permissions on the error table (the permissions are the same as those of the COPY statement).
    • public.pgxc_copy_error_log is a row-store table. Therefore, this function can be executed and COPY error tolerance is available only when row-store tables can be created in the cluster. Row-store tables cannot be created in the cluster if enable_hadoop_env is set to on (by default, this parameter set to off for GaussDB).
    • Same as the error table and the COPY statement, the function requires sysadmin or higher permissions.
    • If the public.pgxc_copy_error_log table or the copy_error_log_relname_idx index exists before the function creates it, the function will report an error and roll back.
    Table 1 Error table public.pgxc_copy_error_log

    Column

    Type

    Description

    relname

    character varying

    Table name in the form of Schema name.Table name

    begintime

    timestamp with time zone

    Time when a data format error was reported

    filename

    character varying

    Name of the source data file where a data format error occurs

    lineno

    bigint

    Number of the row where a data format error occurs in a source data file

    rawrecord

    text

    Raw record of a data format error in the source data file

    detail

    text

    Error details

  • pg_stat_get_data_senders()

    Description: Provides detailed information about the data-copy sending thread active at the moment.

    Return type: record

  • textlen()

    Description: Provides the method of querying the logical length of text.

    Return type: int

  • threadpool_status()

    Description: Displays the status of worker threads and sessions in the thread pool.

    Return type: record

  • get_local_active_session()

    Description: Provides sampling records of historical active sessions stored in the memory by current node. Users with the sysadmin or monitor admin permission can view all historical active session records of the current node. Common users can view the historical active session records of the current session.

    Return type: record

  • dbe_perf.get_global_active_session()

    Description: Provides sampling records of the historical active sessions stored in the memory of all nodes.

    Return type: record

  • dbe_perf.get_global_gs_asp(timestamp,timestamp)

    Description: Provides sampling records of the historical active sessions stored in the gs_asp system catalog of all nodes.

    Return type: record

  • get_wait_event_info()

    Description: Provides detailed information about the wait event.

    Return type: record

  • dbe_perf.get_datanode_active_session(text)

    Description: Provides sampling records of historical active sessions stored in the memory of DN, which is queried from CN.

    Return type: record

    Note: This function queries the records in the local_active_session view on the target DN and matches the records with those in the local_active_session view on all CNs to obtain the query string. Therefore, a large amount of memory is occupied.

  • dbe_perf.get_datanode_active_session_hist(text,timestamp,timestamp)

    Description: Provides sampling records of historical active sessions stored in the gs_asp system catalog of DN, which is queried from CN.

    Return type: record

    Note: This function queries the gs_asp records of a specified period on the target DN. If the period is specified too long, too many records will be queried, which takes a long time.

  • generate_wdr_report(bigint, bigint, cstring, cstring,cstring)

    Description: Generates a system diagnosis report based on two snapshots. By default, the initial user or monitor administrator can access the report. The result can be queried only in the system database but cannot be queried in the user database.

    Return type: text

    Table 2 generate_wdr_report parameter description

    Parameter

    Description

    Range

    begin_snap_id

    Snapshot ID that starts the diagnosis report period.

    N/A

    end_snap_id

    Snapshot ID that ends the diagnosis report period. By default, the value of end_snap_id is greater than that of begin_snap_id.

    N/A

    report_type

    Specifies the type of the generated report.

    • summary
    • detail
    • all: Both summary and detail types are included.

    report_scope

    Specifies the scope for a report to be generated.

    • cluster: database-level information
    • node: node-level information.

    node_name

    • When report_scope is set to node, set this parameter to the name of the corresponding node.
    • If report_scope is set to cluster, this parameter can be omitted or set to NULL.
    • node: node name in GaussDB.
    • cluster: This value is omitted, left blank or set to NULL.
  • create_wdr_snapshot()

    Description: Manually generates system diagnosis snapshots. This function requires the sysadmin permission and can be executed only on the CCN.

    Return type: text

  • kill_snapshot()

    Description: Kills the WDR snapshot background thread. Users who invoke this function must have the SYSADMIN permission, the REPLICATION permission, or inherit the gs_role_replication permission of the built-in role.

    Return type: void

  • capture_view_to_json(text,integer)

    Description: Saves the view result to the directory specified by GUC: perf_directory. If is_crossdb is set to 1, the view is accessed once for all databases. If the value of is_crossdb is 0, the current database is accessed only once. Only users with the sysadmin or monitor admin permission can execute this function.

    Return type: int

  • reset_unique_sql(text,text,bigint)

    Description: Clears the unique SQL statements in the memory of CN/DN. (The sysadmin or monitor admin permission is required.)

    Return type: Boolean

    Table 3 reset_unique_sql parameter description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    scope

    text

    Clearance scope type. The options are as follows:

    'GLOBAL': Clears all CNs/DNs. If the value is 'GLOBAL', this function can be executed only on the CN.

    'LOCAL': Clears the current node.

    clean_type

    text

    'BY_USERID': Unique SQL statements are cleared based on user IDs.

    'BY_CNID': Unique SQL statements are cleared based on CN IDs.

    'ALL': All data is cleared.

    clean_value

    int8

    Clearance value corresponding to the clearance type. If the second parameter is set to ALL, the third parameter does not take effect and can be set to any value.

  • wdr_xdb_query(db_name_str text, query text)

    Description: Provides the capability of executing local cross-database queries. For example, when connecting to the Postgres database, access tables in the test database. Only the system administrator has the permission to execute this function.

    select col1 from wdr_xdb_query('dbname=test','select col1 from t1') as dd(col1 int);

    Return type: record

  • pg_wlm_jump_queue(pid int)

    Description: Moves a task to the top of the queue of CN.

    Return type: Boolean

    • true: success
    • false: failure
  • gs_wlm_switch_cgroup(pid int, cgroup text)

    Description: Moves a job to another Cgroup to change the job priority.

    Return type: Boolean

    • true: success
    • false: failure
  • pv_session_memctx_detail(threadid tid, MemoryContextName text)

    Description: Records information about the memory context MemoryContextName of the thread tid into the threadid_timestamp.log file in the $GAUSSLOG/pg_log/${node_name}/dumpmem directory. threadid can be obtained from sessid in the PV_SESSION_MEMORY_DETAIL table. In the officially released version, only the MemoryContextName that is an empty string (two single quotation marks indicate that the input is an empty string) is accepted. In this case, all memory context information is recorded. Otherwise, no operation is performed. This function can be executed only by the administrator.

    Return type: Boolean

    • true: success
    • false: failure
  • pg_shared_memctx_detail(MemoryContextName text)

    Description: Records information about the memory context MemoryContextName into the threadid_timestamp.log file in the $GAUSSLOG/pg_log/${node_name}/dumpmem directory. Calling this function in the officially released version does not involve any operation. Only the administrator can execute this function.

    Return type: Boolean

    • true: success
    • false: failure
  • pv_compute_pool_workload()

    Description: Provides the current load information about computing cluster on cloud. (Due to specification changes, the current version no longer supports the current feature. Do not use this feature.)

    Return type: record

  • local_bgwriter_stat()

    Description: Displays the information about pages flushed by the bgwriter thread of this instance, number of pages in the candidate buffer chain, and buffer eviction information.

    Return type: record

  • local_candidate_stat()

    Description: Displays the number of pages in the candidate buffer chain of this instance and buffer eviction information, including the normal buffer pool and segment buffer pool.

    Return type: record

  • local_ckpt_stat()

    Description: Displays the information about checkpoints and flushing pages of the current instance.

    Return type: record

  • local_double_write_stat()

    Description: Displays the doublewrite file status of the current instance.

    Return type: record
    Table 4 local_double_write_stat parameters

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    node_name

    text

    Instance name

    curr_dwn

    int8

    Sequence number of the doublewrite file

    curr_start_page

    int8

    Start page for restoring the doublewrite file

    file_trunc_num

    int8

    Number of times that the doublewrite file is reused

    file_reset_num

    int8

    Number of reset times after the doublewrite file is full

    total_writes

    int8

    Total number of I/Os of the doublewrite file

    low_threshold_writes

    int8

    Number of I/Os for writing the doublewrite files with low efficiency (the number of I/O flushing pages at a time is less than 16.)

    high_threshold_writes

    int8

    Number of I/Os for writing the doublewrite file with high efficiency (the number of I/O flushing pages at a time is more than 421.)

    total_pages

    int8

    Total number of pages that are flushed to the doublewrite file area

    low_threshold_pages

    int8

    Number of pages that are flushed with low efficiency

    high_threshold_pages

    int8

    Number of pages that are flushed with high efficiency

    file_id

    int8

    ID of the current doublewrite file

  • local_single_flush_dw_stat()

    Description: Displays the eviction of dual-write files on a single page in the instance.

    Return type: record

  • local_pagewriter_stat()

    Description: Displays the page flushing information and checkpoint information of the current instance.

    Return type: record

  • local_redo_stat()

    Description: Displays the replay status of the current standby instance.

    Return type: record

    Note: The returned replay status includes the current replay position and the replay position of the minimum restoration point.

  • local_recovery_status()

    Description: Displays log flow control information about the primary and standby nodes.

    Return type: record

  • local_rto_status()

    Description: Displays log flow control information about the primary and standby nodes.

    Return type: record

  • gs_wlm_node_recover(boolean isForce)

    Description: Recovers nodes after the dynamic load management node is faulty. (The current feature is a lab feature. Contact Huawei technical support before using it.) Only administrators can execute this function. This function is called by the cluster management module. You are not advised to directly call this function.

    Return type: Boolean

  • gs_wlm_node_clean(cstring nodename)

    Description: Clears data after the dynamic load management node is faulty. (The current feature is a lab feature. Contact Huawei technical support before using it.) Only administrators can execute this function. This function is called by the cluster management module. You are not advised to directly call this function.

    Return type: Boolean

  • gs_cgroup_map_ng_conf(group name)

    Description: Reads the Cgroup configuration file of a specified logical cluster. (The current feature is a lab feature. Contact Huawei technical support before using it.) Only users with the sysadmin permission can execute this function.

    Return type: record

  • pgxc_cgroup_map_ng_conf(group name)

    Description: Reads the Cgroup configuration file of a specified logical cluster on all nodes. (The current feature is a lab feature. Contact Huawei technical support before using it.) Only users with the sysadmin permission can execute this function.

    Return type: Boolean

  • gs_wlm_switch_cgroup(sess_id int8, cgroup name)

    Description: Switches the Cgroup of a specified session.

    Return type: record

  • comm_client_info()

    Description: Queries active client connections of a single node. For details about the returned result, see COMM_CLIENT_INFO.

    Return type: setof record

  • pg_sync_cstore_delta(text)

    Description: Synchronizes the delta table structure of a specified column-store table with that of the column-store primary table.

    Return type: bigint

  • pg_sync_cstore_delta()

    Description: Synchronizes the delta table structure of all column-store tables with that of the column-store primary table.

    Return type: bigint

  • pg_get_flush_lsn()

    Description: Returns the location of the Xlog flushed from the current node.

    Return type: text

  • pg_get_sync_flush_lsn()

    Description: Returns the location of the Xlog flushed by the majority on the current node.

    Return type: text

  • gs_create_log_tables()

    Description: Creates foreign tables and views for run logs and performance logs. (The current feature is a lab feature. Contact Huawei technical support before using it.)

    Example:

    openGauss=# select gs_create_log_tables();
     gs_create_log_tables
    ----------------------
    
    (1 row)

    Return type: void

  • pgxc_wlm_rebuild_user_resource_pool()

    Description: Rebuilds user and resource pool cache information. Only the system administrator can execute this function.

    Return type: Boolean

  • locktag_decode(locktag text)

    Description: Parses lock details from locktag.

    Example:

    openGauss=# select locktag_decode('271b:0:0:0:0:6');
                   locktag_decode
    ---------------------------------------------
     locktype:transactionid, transactionid:10011
    (1 row)

    Return type: text

  • disable_conn(disconn_mode text, host text, port integer)

    Description: Specifies that the CM Agent processes commands delivered by the CM Server. When a DN is selected as the primary DN, it is configured to reject connections to all DNs, forcibly connect to a DN, or connect to all DNs in polling mode. Only the initial user and system administrator can call this function.

    Return type: void

    Table 5 disable_conn parameter description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    disconn_mode

    text

    DN connection mode:

    • 'prohibit_connection': rejects to connect to all DNs.
    • 'specify_connection': forcibly connects to a DN.
    • 'polling_connection': connects to all DNs in polling mode.

    host

    text

    IP address of the DN

    port

    integer

    Port number of the DN

  • dbe_perf.get_global_full_sql_by_timestamp(start_timestamp timestamp with time zone, end_timestamp timestamp with time zone)

    Description: Obtains full SQL information about a cluster. The result can be queried only in the system database but cannot be queried in the user database.

    Return type: record

    Table 6 dbe_perf.get_global_full_sql_by_timestamp parameter description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    start_timestamp

    timestamp with time zone

    Start point of the SQL start time range.

    end_timestamp

    timestamp with time zone

    End point of the SQL start time range.

  • dbe_perf.get_global_slow_sql_by_timestamp(start_timestamp timestamp with time zone, end_timestamp timestamp with time zone)

    Description: Obtains cluster-level slow SQL information. The result can be queried only in the system database but cannot be queried in the user database.

    Return type: record

    Table 7 dbe_perf.get_global_slow_sql_by_timestamp parameter description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    start_timestamp

    timestamp with time zone

    Start point of the SQL start time range.

    end_timestamp

    timestamp with time zone

    End point of the SQL start time range.

  • statement_detail_decode(detail text, format text, pretty boolean)

    Description: Parses the details column in a full or slow SQL statement. The result can be queried only in the system database but cannot be queried in the user database.

    Return type: text

    Table 8 statement_detail_decode parameter description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    detail

    text

    Set of events generated by the SQL statement (unreadable).

    format

    text

    Parsing output format. The value is plaintext.

    pretty

    boolean

    Whether to display the text in pretty format when format is set to plaintext. The options are as follows:

    • The value true indicates that \n is used to separate events.
    • The value false indicates that events are separated by commas (,).
  • pgxc_get_csn(tid)

    Description: Returns the transaction submission sequence number (CSN) corresponding to a given transaction ID.

    Return type: int8

  • pgxc_get_searchlet_info()

    Description: Returns information about Searchlets on all nodes.

    Return type: setof record

    This function is no longer supported in the current version due to specification changes. Do not use this function.

  • pgxc_get_searchlet_table_attr_info()

    Description: Returns the attribute information of tables in searchlet on all nodes.

    Return type: setof record

    This function is no longer supported in the current version due to specification changes. Do not use this function.

  • get_global_user_transaction()

    Description: Returns transaction information about each user on all nodes.

    Return type: node_name name, usename name, commit_counter bigint, rollback_counter bigint, resp_min bigint, resp_max bigint, resp_avg bigint, resp_total bigint, bg_commit_counter bigint, bg_rollback_counter bigint, bg_resp_min bigint, bg_resp_max bigint, bg_resp_avg bigint, and bg_resp_total bigint

  • pg_collation_for

    Description: Returns the sorting rule corresponding to the input parameter string.

    Parameter: any (Explicit type conversion is required for constants.)

    Return type: text

  • pgxc_unlock_for_sp_database(name Name)

    Description: Releases a specified database lock.

    Parameter: database name

    Return type: Boolean

  • pgxc_lock_for_sp_database(name Name)

    Description: Locks a specified database.

    Parameter: database name

    Return type: Boolean

  • pgxc_unlock_for_transfer(name Name)

    Description: Releases the lock used for data transmission (data redistribution).

    Parameter: database name

    Return type: Boolean

  • pgxc_lock_for_transfer(name Name)

    Description: Locks the database for data transmission (data redistribution).

    Parameter: database name

    Return type: Boolean

  • gs_catalog_attribute_records()

    Description: Returns the definition of each field in a specified system catalog. Only common system catalogs whose OIDs are less than 10000 are supported. Indexes and TOAST tables are not supported.

    Parameter: OID of the system catalog

    Return type: record

  • gs_comm_proxy_thread_status()

    Description: Collects statistics on data packets sent and received by the proxy communication library comm_proxy when a user-mode network is configured for the cluster. This function is not supported in the current version.

    Parameter: nan

    Return type: record

  • dynamic_func_control(scope text, function_name text, action text, "{params}" text[])

    Description: Dynamically enables built-in functions. Currently, only full SQL statements can be dynamically enabled.

    Return type: record

    Table 9 Parameter description of dynamic_func_control

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    scope

    text

    Scope where the function is to be dynamically enabled. Currently, only 'GLOBAL' and 'LOCAL' are supported.

    function_name

    text

    Function name. Currently, only 'STMT' is supported.

    action

    text

    When function_name is set to 'STMT', the value of action can only be TRACK, UNTRACK, LIST, or CLEAN.
    • TRACK: records the full SQL information of normalized SQL statements.
    • UNTRACK: cancels the recording of full SQL information of normalized SQL statements.
    • LIST: lists normalized SQL information that is recorded in the current track.
    • CLEAN: cleans normalized SQL information that is recorded in the current track.

    params

    text[]

    When function_name is set to 'STMT', the parameters corresponding to different actions are set as follows:
    • TRACK: '{"Normalized SQLID", "L0/L1/L2"}'
    • UNTRACK: '{"Normalized SQLID"}'
    • LIST - '{}'
    • CLEAN - '{}'
  • gs_parse_page_bypath(path text, blocknum bigint, relation_type text, read_memory boolean)

    Description: Parses a specified table page and returns the path for storing the parsed content.

    Return type: text

    Note: Only the system administrator or O&M administrator can execute this function.

    Table 10 gs_parse_page_bypath parameters

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    path

    text

    • For an ordinary table or a segment-page ordinary table, the relative path is Tablespace name/Database OID/Relfilenode of the table (physical file name). For example, base/16603/16394.
    • For a segment-page hash bucket table, the relative path is Tablespace name/Database OID/Logical page number of the segment head_b(bucketid). For example, base/16603/16394_b1437.
    • You can run the pg_relation_filepath(table_name text) command to query the relative path of the table file. To obtain the path of the partitioned table, view the pg_partition system catalog and call pg_partition_filepath(partition_oid).
    • Valid path formats are as follows:
      • global/relNode
      • base/dbNode/relNode
      • pg_tblspc/spcNode/version_dir/dbNode/relNode

        For hash bucket tables, add _b(bucketid) to the end of the path.

    blocknum

    bigint

    • –1: Information about all blocks (forcibly parsed from disks)
    • 0-MaxBlockNumber: Information about the corresponding block

    relation_type

    text

    • heap: Astore table
    • btree: B-tree index
    • segment: Segment-page table

    read_memory

    boolean

    • false: The system parses the page from the disk file.
    • true: The system attempts to parse the page from the shared buffer. If the page does not exist in the shared buffer, the system parses the page from the disk file.
  • gs_xlogdump_lsn(start_lsn text, end_lsn text)

    Description: Parses Xlogs within the specified LSN range and returns the path for storing the parsed content. You can use pg_current_xlog_location() to obtain the current Xlog position.

    Parameters: LSN start position and LSN end position

    Return type: text

    Note: Only the system administrator or O&M administrator can execute this function.

  • gs_xlogdump_xid(c_xid xid)

    Description: Parses Xlogs of a specified XID and returns the path for storing the parsed content. You can use txid_current() to obtain the current XID.

    Parameter: XID

    Return type: text

    Note: Only the system administrator or O&M administrator can execute this function.

  • gs_xlogdump_tablepath(path text, blocknum bigint, relation_type text)

    Description: Parses logs corresponding to a specified table page and returns the path for storing the parsed content.

    Return type: text

    Note: Only the system administrator or O&M administrator can execute this function.

    Table 11 gs_xlogdump_tablepath parameters

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    path

    text

    • For an ordinary table or a segment-page ordinary table, the relative path is Tablespace name/Database OID/Relfilenode of the table (physical file name). For example, base/16603/16394.
    • For a segment-page hash bucket table, the relative path is Tablespace name/Database OID/Logical page number of the segment head_b(bucketid). For example, base/16603/16394_b1437.
    • You can run the pg_relation_filepath(table_name text) command to query the relative path of the table file. To obtain the path of the partitioned table, view the pg_partition system catalog and call pg_partition_filepath(partition_oid).
    • Valid path formats are as follows:
      • global/relNode
      • base/dbNode/relNode
      • pg_tblspc/spcNode/version_dir/dbNode/relNode

        For hash bucket tables, add _b(bucketid) to the end of the path.

    blocknum

    bigint

    • –1: Information about all blocks (forcibly parsed from disks)
    • 0-MaxBlockNumber: Information about the corresponding block

    relation_type

    text

    • heap: Astore table
    • btree: B-tree index
    • segment: Segment-page table
  • gs_xlogdump_parsepage_tablepath(path text, blocknum bigint, relation_type text, read_memory boolean)

    Description: Parses the specified table page and logs corresponding to the table page and returns the path for storing the parsed content. It can be regarded as one execution of gs_parse_page_bypath and gs_xlogdump_tablepath. The prerequisite for executing this function is that the table file exists. To view logs of deleted tables, call gs_xlogdump_tablepath.

    Return type: text

    Note: Only the system administrator or O&M administrator can execute this function.

    Table 12 gs_xlogdump_parsepage_tablepath parameters

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    path

    text

    • For an ordinary table or a segment-page ordinary table, the relative path is Tablespace name/Database OID/Relfilenode of the table (physical file name). For example, base/16603/16394.
    • For a segment-page hash bucket table, the relative path is Tablespace name/Database OID/Logical page number of the segment head_b(bucketid). For example, base/16603/16394_b1437.
    • You can run the pg_relation_filepath(table_name text) command to query the relative path of the table file. To obtain the path of the partitioned table, view the pg_partition system catalog and call pg_partition_filepath(partition_oid).
    • Valid path formats are as follows:
      • global/relNode
      • base/dbNode/relNode
      • pg_tblspc/spcNode/version_dir/dbNode/relNode

        For hash bucket tables, add _b(bucketid) to the end of the path.

    blocknum

    bigint

    • –1: Information about all blocks (forcibly parsed from disks)
    • 0-MaxBlockNumber: Information about the corresponding block

    relation_type

    text

    • heap: Astore table
    • btree: B-tree index
    • segment: Segment-page table

    read_memory

    boolean

    • false: The system parses the page from the disk file.
    • true: The system attempts to parse the page from the shared buffer. If the page does not exist in the shared buffer, the system parses the page from the disk file.
  • gs_index_recycle_queue(Oid oid, int type, uint32 blkno)

    Description: Parses the UB-tree index recycling queue information.

    Return type: record

    Table 13 gs_index_recycle_queue parameters

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    oid

    Oid

    • Index file relfilenode, which can be queried using select relfilenode from pg_class where relname='name', where name indicates the name of the index file.

    type

    int

    • 0 indicates that the entire queue to be recycled is parsed.
    • 1 indicates that the entire empty page queue is parsed.
    • 2 indicates that a single page is parsed.

    blkno

    uint32

    ID of the recycling queue page. This parameter is valid only when type is set to 2. The value of blkno ranges from 1 to 4294967294.

    This function is not supported in the distributed version. An error message will be displayed if it is used in the distributed version.

  • gs_stat_wal_entrytable(int64 idx)

    Description: Exports the content of the WAL insertion status table in the Xlog.

    Return type: record

    Table 14 gs_stat_wal_entrytable parameters

    Category

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    Input parameter

    idx

    int64

    • –1: queries all elements in an array.
    • 0-Maximum value: content of a specific array element.

    Output parameter

    idx

    uint64

    Records the subscripts in the corresponding array.

    Output parameter

    endlsn

    uint64

    Records the LSN label.

    Output parameter

    lrc

    int32

    Records the corresponding LRC.

    Output parameter

    status

    uint32

    Specifies whether the Xlog corresponding to the current entry has been completely copied to the WAL buffer.

    • 0: Not copied.
    • 1: Copied
  • gs_walwriter_flush_position()

    Description: Outputs the refresh position of WALs.

    Return type: record

    Table 15 gs_walwriter_flush_position parameters

    Category

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    Output parameter

    last_flush_status_entry

    int32

    Subscript index obtained after the Xlog flushes the tblEntry of the last flushed disk.

    Output parameter

    last_scanned_lrc

    int32

    LRC obtained after the Xlog flushes the last tblEntry scanned last time.

    Output parameter

    curr_lrc

    int32

    Latest LRC usage in the WALInsertStatusEntry status table. The LRC indicates the LRC value corresponding to the WALInsertStatusEntry when the next Xlog record is written.

    Output parameter

    curr_byte_pos

    uint64

    The latest Xlog position after the Xlog is written to the WAL file, which is also the next Xlog insertion point.

    Output parameter

    prev_byte_size

    uint32

    Length of the previous Xlog record.

    Output parameter

    flush_result

    uint64

    Position of the current global Xlog flush.

    Output parameter

    send_result

    uint64

    Xlog sending position on the current host.

    Output parameter

    shm_rqst_write_pos

    uint64

    Write position of the LogwrtRqst request in the XLogCtl recorded in the shared memory.

    Output parameter

    shm_rqst_flush_pos

    uint64

    Flush position of the LogwrtRqst request in the XLogCtl recorded in the shared memory.

    Output parameter

    shm_result_write_pos

    uint64

    Write position of the LogwrtResult request in the XLogCtl recorded in the shared memory.

    Output parameter

    shm_result_flush_pos

    uint64

    Flush position of the LogwrtResult request in the XLogCtl recorded in the shared memory.

    Output parameter

    curr_time

    text

    Current time.

  • gs_walwriter_flush_stat(int operation)

    Description: Collects statistics on the frequency of writing and synchronizing WALs, data volume, and Xlog file information.

    Return type: record

    Table 16 gs_walwriter_flush_stat parameters

    Category

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    Input parameter

    operation

    int

    • –1: Disables the statistics function. (Default value)
    • 0: Enables the statistics function.
    • 1: Queries statistics.
    • 2: Resets statistics.

    Output parameter

    write_times

    uint64

    Number of times that the Xlog calls the write API.

    Output parameter

    sync_times

    uint64

    Number of times that the Xlog calls the sync API.

    Output parameter

    total_xlog_sync_bytes

    uint64

    Total number of backend thread requests for writing data to Xlogs.

    Output parameter

    total_actual_xlog_sync_bytes

    uint64

    Total number of Xlogs that call the sync API for disk flushing.

    Output parameter

    avg_write_bytes

    uint32

    Number of Xlogs written each time the XLogWrite API is called.

    Output parameter

    avg_actual_write_bytes

    uint32

    Number of Xlogs written each time the write API is called.

    Output parameter

    avg_sync_bytes

    uint32

    Average number of Xlogs for requesting the sync API each time.

    Output parameter

    avg_actual_sync_bytes

    uint32

    Actual number of Xlogs for disk flushing by calling the sync API each time.

    Output parameter

    total_write_time

    uint64

    Total time for calling the write API (unit: μs).

    Output parameter

    total_sync_time

    uint64

    Total time for calling the sync API (unit: μs).

    Output parameter

    avg_write_time

    uint32

    Average time for calling the write API each time (unit: μs).

    Output parameter

    avg_sync_time

    uint32

    Average time for calling the sync API each time (unit: μs).

    Output parameter

    curr_init_xlog_segno

    uint64

    ID of the latest Xlog segment file.

    Output parameter

    curr_open_xlog_segno

    uint64

    ID of the Xlog segment file that is being written.

    Output parameter

    last_reset_time

    text

    Time when statistics were last collected.

    Output parameter

    curr_time

    text

    Current time.

  • pg_ls_tmpdir()

    Description: Returns the name, size, and last modification time of each file in the temporary directory (pgsql_tmp) of the default tablespace.

    Parameter: nan

    Return type: record

    Note: Only the system administrator or monitoring administrator can execute this function.

    Category

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    Output parameter

    name

    text

    File name

    Output parameter

    size

    int8

    File size (unit: byte)

    Output parameter

    modification

    timestamptz

    Last file modification time

  • pg_ls_tmpdir(oid)

    Description: Returns the name, size, and last modification time of each file in the temporary directory (pgsql_tmp) of the specified tablespace.

    Parameter: oid

    Return type: record

    Note: Only the system administrator or monitoring administrator can execute this function.

    Category

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    Input parameter

    oid

    oid

    Tablespace ID

    Output parameter

    name

    text

    File name

    Output parameter

    size

    int8

    File size (unit: byte)

    Output parameter

    modification

    timestamptz

    Last file modification time

  • pg_ls_waldir()

    Description: Returns the name, size, and last modification time of each file in the WAL directory.

    Parameter: nan

    Return type: record

    Note: Only the system administrator or monitoring administrator can execute this function.

    Category

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    Output parameter

    name

    text

    File name

    Output parameter

    size

    int8

    File size (unit: byte)

    Output parameter

    modification

    timestamptz

    Last file modification time

  • gs_undo_dump_xid(undo_xid xid)

    Description: Parses undo records based on the XID.

    Return type: record

    Table 17 gs_undo_dump_xid parameter description

    Category

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    Input parameter

    undo_xid

    xid

    XID

    Output parameter

    undoptr

    xid

    Start position of the undo record to be parsed

    Output parameter

    xactid

    text

    XID

    Output parameter

    cid

    text

    Command ID

    Output parameter

    reloid

    text

    Relation OID

    Output parameter

    relfilenode

    text

    Relfinode of the file

    Output parameter

    utype

    text

    Undo record type

    Output parameter

    blkprev

    text

    Position of the previous undo record in the same block

    Output parameter

    blockno

    text

    Block number

    Output parameter

    uoffset

    text

    Undo record offset

    Output parameter

    prevurp

    text

    Position of the previous undo record

    Output parameter

    payloadlen

    text

    Length of the undo record data

    Output parameter

    oldxactid

    text

    Previous XID

    Output parameter

    partitionoid

    text

    Partition OID

    Output parameter

    tablespace

    text

    Tablespace

    Output parameter

    alreadyread_bytes

    text

    Length of the read undo record

    Output parameter

    prev_undorec_len

    text

    Length of the previous undo record

    Output parameter

    td_id

    text

    ID of the transaction directory

    Output parameter

    reserved

    text

    Whether to save the information

    Output parameter

    flag

    text

    Flag 1

    Output parameter

    flag2

    text

    Flag 2

    Output parameter

    t_hoff

    text

    Length of the undo record data header

  • gs_write_term_log(void)

    Description: Writes a log to record the current term value of a DN. The standby DN returns false. After the data is successfully written to the primary DN, true is returned.

    Return type: Boolean