Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > OTOH ISTM it would be easy to modify Postgres so as to count statements > in the stat collector, by turning pgstat_report_activity into a routine > that sent a count (presumably always 1) instead of the query string, and > then just add the count to a counter on receiving. You wouldn't have to change the backends at all, just modify the collector to count the number of report_activity messages received. Might have to play some games with ignoring "<IDLE>" messages, but otherwise simple (and simplistic...) regards, tom lane