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pg_statio_all_indexes.idx_blks_read
Number of disk blocks read from this index
Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.
Description
Number of disk blocks read from this index
- View
- pg_statio_all_indexes
- Field
- idx_blks_read
- SQL type
- bigint
- Units named in the field definition
- blocks
- Reset observation
- No stats_reset field is documented for this view
Usage
SELECT idx_blks_read FROM pg_catalog.pg_statio_all_indexes;View semantics
The pg_statio_all_indexes view will contain one row for each index in the current database, showing statistics about I/O on that specific index. The pg_statio_user_indexes and pg_statio_sys_indexes views contain the same information, but filtered to only show user and system indexes respectively.
Collection and reset context
Read the same-version statistics collection and view documentation below for reset scope and visibility. No per-field reset rule is inferred from the field name.
Inspect this field
Example query; no execution result or measured value is asserted.
SELECT idx_blks_read FROM pg_catalog.pg_statio_all_indexes;Related entries
Documentation and source
Source build
- Version
- 18.6
- Build
- https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
- Source fingerprint
555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f
Compare versions
PostgreSQL 17 → 18: unchanged.
Compares recorded interfaces and attributes. Source fingerprints and build metadata are excluded; an absent sample is not proof of the introduction or removal release.
Related entries
Export JSON · Back to Statistics & Metrics · Recorded in PostgreSQL 10 through 20; the first sample is not necessarily its introduction.