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Procedure DISCARD

RDB$PROFILER.DISCARD removes all sessions (of the given ATTACHMENT_ID) from memory, without flushing them.

If there is an active session, it is cancelled.

Input parameter

  • ATTACHMENT_ID type BIGINT NOT NULL default CURRENT_CONNECTION

Procedure FINISH_SESSION

RDB$PROFILER.FINISH_SESSION finishes the current profiler session (of the given ATTACHMENT_ID).

If FLUSH is TRUE, the snapshot tables are updated with data of the finished session (and old finished sessions not yet present in the snapshot), otherwise data remains only in memory for later update.

Calling RDB$PROFILER.FINISH_SESSION(TRUE) has the same semantics of calling RDB$PROFILER.FINISH_SESSION(FALSE) followed by RDB$PROFILER.FLUSH (using the same ATTACHMENT_ID).

Input parameters

  • FLUSH type BOOLEAN NOT NULL default TRUE

  • ATTACHMENT_ID type BIGINT NOT NULL default CURRENT_CONNECTION

Procedure FLUSH

RDB$PROFILER.FLUSH updates the snapshot tables with data from the profile sessions (of the given ATTACHMENT_ID) in memory.

After flushing, the data is stored in tables PLG$PROF_SESSIONS, PLG$PROF_STATEMENTS, PLG$PROF_RECORD_SOURCES, PLG$PROF_REQUESTS, PLG$PROF_PSQL_STATS and PLG$PROF_RECORD_SOURCE_STATS and may be read and analyzed by the user.

Data is updated using an autonomous transaction, so if the procedure is called in a snapshot transaction, data will not be directly readable in the same transaction.

Once flush happens, finished sessions are removed from memory.

Input parameter

  • ATTACHMENT_ID type BIGINT NOT NULL default CURRENT_CONNECTION

Procedure PAUSE_SESSION

RDB$PROFILER.PAUSE_SESSION pauses the current profiler session (of the given ATTACHMENT_ID), so the next executed statements statistics are not collected.

If FLUSH is TRUE, the snapshot tables are updated with data up to the current moment, otherwise data remains only in memory for later update.

Calling RDB$PROFILER.PAUSE_SESSION(TRUE) has the same semantics as calling RDB$PROFILER.PAUSE_SESSION(FALSE) followed by RDB$PROFILER.FLUSH (using the same ATTACHMENT_ID).

Input parameters

  • FLUSH type BOOLEAN NOT NULL default FALSE

  • ATTACHMENT_ID type BIGINT NOT NULL default CURRENT_CONNECTION

Procedure RESUME_SESSION

RDB$PROFILER.RESUME_SESSION resumes the current profiler session (of the given ATTACHMENT_ID), if it was paused, so the next executed statements statistics are collected again.

Input parameter

  • ATTACHMENT_ID type BIGINT NOT NULL default CURRENT_CONNECTION

Procedure SET_FLUSH_INTERVAL

RDB$PROFILER.SET_FLUSH_INTERVAL turns periodic auto-flush on (when FLUSH_INTERVAL is greater than 0) or off (when FLUSH_INTERVAL is equal to 0).

FLUSH_INTERVAL is interpreted as number of seconds.

Input parameters

  • FLUSH_INTERVAL type INTEGER NOT NULL

  • ATTACHMENT_ID type BIGINT NOT NULL default CURRENT_CONNECTION

Example

Below is a sample profile session and queries for data analysis.

  1. Preparation — create table and routines that will be analyzed

    create table tab (
    id integer not null,
    val integer not null
);

set term !;

create or alter function mult(p1 integer, p2 integer) returns integer
as
begin
    return p1 * p2;
end!

create or alter procedure ins
as
    declare n integer = 1;
begin
    while (n <= 1000)
    do
    begin
        if (mod(n, 2) = 1) then
            insert into tab values (:n, mult(:n, 2));
        n = n + 1;
    end
end!

set term ;!

  2. Start profiling

    select rdb$profiler.start_session('Profile Session 1') from rdb$database;

set term !;

execute block
as
begin
    execute procedure ins;
    delete from tab;
end!

set term ;!

execute procedure rdb$profiler.finish_session(true);

execute procedure ins;

select rdb$profiler.start_session('Profile Session 2') from rdb$database;

select mod(id, 5),
       sum(val)
  from tab
  where id <= 50
  group by mod(id, 5)
  order by sum(val);

execute procedure rdb$profiler.finish_session(true);

  3. Data analysis

    set transaction read committed;

select * from plg$prof_sessions;

select * from plg$prof_psql_stats_view;

select * from plg$prof_record_source_stats_view;

select preq.*
  from plg$prof_requests preq
  join plg$prof_sessions pses
    on pses.profile_id = preq.profile_id and
       pses.description = 'Profile Session 1';

select pstat.*
  from plg$prof_psql_stats pstat
  join plg$prof_sessions pses
    on pses.profile_id = pstat.profile_id and
       pses.description = 'Profile Session 1'
  order by pstat.profile_id,
           pstat.request_id,
           pstat.line_num,
           pstat.column_num;

select pstat.*
  from plg$prof_record_source_stats pstat
  join plg$prof_sessions pses
    on pses.profile_id = pstat.profile_id and
       pses.description = 'Profile Session 2'
  order by pstat.profile_id,
           pstat.request_id,
           pstat.cursor_id,
           pstat.record_source_id;

RDB$TIME_ZONE_UTIL

A package of time zone utility functions and procedures.

Function DATABASE_VERSION

RDB$TIME_ZONE_UTIL.DATABASE_VERSION returns the version of the time zone database.

Return type: VARCHAR(10) CHARACTER SET ASCII.

Example
select rdb$time_zone_util.database_version()
from rdb$database;

Returns:

DATABASE_VERSION
================
2023c

Procedure TRANSITIONS

RDB$TIME_ZONE_UTIL.TRANSITIONS returns the set of rules between the start and end timestamps for a named time zone.

Input parameters

  • RDB$TIME_ZONE_NAME type CHAR(63)

  • RDB$FROM_TIMESTAMP type TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE

  • RDB$TO_TIMESTAMP type TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE

Output parameters:

RDB$START_TIMESTAMP

type TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE — The start timestamp of the transition

RDB$END_TIMESTAMP

type TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE — The end timestamp of the transition

RDB$ZONE_OFFSET

type SMALLINT — The zone’s offset, in minutes

RDB$DST_OFFSET

type SMALLINT — The zone’s DST offset, in minutes

RDB$EFFECTIVE_OFFSET

type SMALLINT — Effective offset (ZONE_OFFSET + DST_OFFSET)

Example
select *
  from rdb$time_zone_util.transitions(
    'America/Sao_Paulo',
    timestamp '2017-01-01',
    timestamp '2019-01-01');

Returns (RDB$ prefix left off for brevity):

             START_TIMESTAMP                END_TIMESTAMP ZONE_OFFSET DST_OFFSET EFFECTIVE_OFFSET
============================ ============================ =========== ========== ================
2016-10-16 03:00:00.0000 GMT 2017-02-19 01:59:59.9999 GMT       -180        60             -120
2017-02-19 02:00:00.0000 GMT 2017-10-15 02:59:59.9999 GMT       -180         0             -180
2017-10-15 03:00:00.0000 GMT 2018-02-18 01:59:59.9999 GMT       -180        60             -120
2018-02-18 02:00:00.0000 GMT 2018-10-21 02:59:59.9999 GMT       -180         0             -180
2018-10-21 03:00:00.0000 GMT 2019-02-17 01:59:59.9999 GMT       -180        60             -120