How to Track PostgreSQL Execution Plans using pg_store_plans Extension

Ezzeddin Abdullah
Brainwave
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7 min readMar 6
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Tracking PostgreSQL execution plans is an important metric for enhancing PostgreSQL performance. In an earlier tutorial discussing pg_stat_statements extension, we learned how to track PostgreSQL queries. In this tutorial, we will discuss how to track PostgreSQL execution plans run by the server optimizer with the pg_store_plans module, an extension created by the…

Ezzeddin Abdullah
Brainwave

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