marr75

with table_stats as (
select psut.relname,
  psut.n_live_tup,
  1.0 * psut.idx_scan / greatest(1, psut.seq_scan + psut.idx_scan) as index_use_ratio
from pg_stat_user_tables psut
order by psut.n_live_tup desc
),
table_io as (
select psiut.relname,
  sum(psiut.heap_blks_read) as table_page_read,

prestonp

-- returning updated values and old values by using a sub-expression

update orders
  set type = 'delivery'
  where id = 3767
  returning id, type, (
    select type from orders where id = 3767
  ) as old_type;

rgreenjr

-- show running queries (pre 9.2)
SELECT procpid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, current_query 
FROM pg_stat_activity 
WHERE current_query != '<IDLE>' AND current_query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%' 
ORDER BY query_start desc;

-- show running queries (9.2)
SELECT pid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, query 
FROM pg_stat_activity 
WHERE query != '<IDLE>' AND query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%' 

jboner

Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
----------------------------------
L1 cache reference                           0.5 ns
Branch mispredict                            5   ns
L2 cache reference                           7   ns                      14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock                           25   ns
Main memory reference                      100   ns                      20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy             3,000   ns        3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network       10,000   ns       10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD*             150,000   ns      150 us          ~1GB/sec SSD