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    V$OB_ACTIVE_SESSION_HISTORY

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    Note

    This view is available starting with V4.2.2.

    Purpose

    The V$OB_ACTIVE_SESSION_HISTORY view displays the active session history of the current OBServer node for the current tenant.

    Columns

    Column Type Nullable Description
    SVR_IP varchar(46) NO The IP address of the server to which the sample belongs.
    SVR_PORT bigint(20) NO The port number of the server to which the sample belongs.
    SAMPLE_ID bigint(20) NO The unique ID of the sample.
    SAMPLE_TIME datetime NO The time when the sample was collected.
    CON_ID bigint(20) NO The tenant ID.
    USER_ID bigint(20) NO The ID of the user of the session that was sampled.
    SESSION_ID bigint(20) NO The ID of the session that was sampled.
    For V4.2.x:
    • V4.2.5 BP4 and earlier:
      In all connection modes (direct mode/ODP mode), this field indicates the server session ID.
    • V4.2.5 BP4 and later:
      • In direct mode:
        This field indicates the server session ID.
      • In ODP mode:
        • If the configuration parameter client_session_id_version = 2 is set in ODP, this field indicates the client session ID.
        • If client_session_id_version = 1, this field indicates the server session ID.
    SESSION_TYPE varchar(10) NO The session type.
    • FOREGROUND: a foreground session, that is, a user session.
    • BACKGROUND: a background session. This value is not supported.
    SESSION_STATE varchar(7) NO The session state.
    • ON CPU: the session is not waiting and is executing SQL logic.
    • WAITING: the session is waiting. For more information, see the EVENT field.
    SQL_ID varchar(32) NO The SQL ID.
    PLAN_ID bigint(20) NO The plan ID of the sampled SQL in the plan cache. This ID is used to associate the sampling point with the plan.
    TRACE_ID varchar(64) NO The trace ID of the operator.
    EVENT varchar(64) NO The description of the waiting event.
    EVENT_NO bigint(20) NO The internal number of the waiting event. This number is used to associate the sampling point with other tables.
    EVENT_ID bigint(20) NO The ID of the current waiting event.
    P1TEXT varchar(64) NO The name of parameter 1 of the waiting event. The name varies based on the value of EVENT.
    P1 bigint(20) NO The value of parameter 1 of the waiting event.
    P2TEXT varchar(64) NO The name of parameter 2 of the waiting event. The name varies based on the value of EVENT.
    P2 bigint(20) NO The value of parameter 2 of the waiting event.
    P3TEXT varchar(64) NO The name of parameter 3 of the waiting event. The name varies based on the value of EVENT.
    P3 bigint(20) NO The value of parameter 3 of the waiting event.
    WAIT_CLASS varchar(64) NO The type of the waiting event.
    WAIT_CLASS_ID bigint(20) NO The ID of the type of the waiting event. This ID is used to associate the sampling point with other tables.
    TIME_WAITED bigint(20) NO The total waiting time of the waiting event, in microseconds (us).
    SQL_PLAN_LINE_ID bigint(20) NO The number of the SQL operator in the SQL plan at the time of sampling.
    GROUP_ID bigint(20) NO The group information of the sampling point.

    Note

    This column is available starting with V4.2.3.

    PLAN_HASH bigint(20) unsigned NO The plan_hash of the SQL command that is being executed.

    Note

    This column is available starting with V4.2.4.

    THREAD_ID bigint(20) NO The ID of the thread to which the active session belongs.

    Note

    This column is available starting with V4.2.4.

    STMT_TYPE bigint(20) NO The SQL type of the active session.

    Note

    This column is available starting with V4.2.4.

    TIME_MODEL bigint(20) NO The time model information, which is a collection of all IN_XXX fields (such as IN_PARSE and IN_PL_PARSE).

    Note

    This column is available starting with V4.2.4.

    IN_PARSE varchar(1) NO Indicates whether the session is performing SQL parsing during sampling.
    IN_PL_PARSE varchar(1) NO Indicates whether the session is performing SQL PL parsing during sampling.
    IN_PLAN_CACHE varchar(1) NO Indicates whether the session is performing plan cache matching during sampling.
    IN_SQL_OPTIMIZE varchar(1) NO Indicates whether the session is performing SQL parsing optimization during sampling.
    IN_SQL_EXECUTION varchar(1) NO Indicates whether the session is performing SQL execution during sampling.
    IN_PX_EXECUTION varchar(1) NO Indicates whether the session is performing parallel execution of SQL during sampling. When the session is in this state, it must also be in the IN_SQL_EXECUTION state.
    IN_SEQUENCE_LOAD varchar(1) NO Indicates whether the session is retrieving values for an auto-increment column or sequence during sampling.
    IN_COMMITTING varchar(1) NO Indicates whether the sampling point is in the transaction commit phase.
    IN_STORAGE_READ varchar(1) NO Indicates whether the sampling point is in the storage read phase.
    IN_STORAGE_WRITE varchar(1) NO Indicates whether the sampling point is in the storage write phase.
    IN_REMOTE_DAS_EXECUTION varchar(1) NO Indicates whether the sampling point is in the DAS remote execution phase.
    IN_FILTER_ROWS varchar(1) NO Indicates whether the sampling point is in the storage push-down execution phase.
    IN_RPC_ENCODE varchar(1) NO Indicates the current serialization operation being performed by the SQL.

    Note

    For V4.2.x versions, this field was introduced starting with V4.2.5.

    IN_RPC_DECODE varchar(1) NO Indicates the current deserialization operation being performed by the SQL.

    Note

    For V4.2.x versions, this field was introduced starting with V4.2.5.

    IN_CONNECTION_MGR varchar(1) NO Indicates the current connection establishment operation being performed by the SQL.

    Note

    For V4.2.x versions, this field was introduced starting with V4.2.5.

    PROGRAM varchar(64) NO The name of the program being executed at the sampling point:
    • Background thread: the thread name, such as observer or WrTimer.
    • Foreground thread:
      • For a regular request, it is user@client_ip (thread_name).
      • For inner_sql remote execution, it is INNER SQL REMOTE EXEC (thread_name).
      • For DAS remote execution, it is DAS REMOTE EXEC (thread_name).
    MODULE varchar(64) NO The MODULE value recorded by the session during sampling. This value is set by using the DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO.SET_MODULE package.
    ACTION varchar(64) NO The ACTION value recorded by the session during sampling. This value is set by using the DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO.SET_ACTION package.

    Note

    This field was introduced starting with V4.2.3.

    CLIENT_ID varchar(64) NO The CLIENT_ID value recorded by the session during sampling. This value is set by using the DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO.set_identifier package.

    Note

    This field was introduced starting with V4.2.3.

    BACKTRACE varchar(512) NO A debugging field used to record the call stack at the time of the event. The value of this field is always NULL.
    TM_DELTA_TIME bigint(20) NO The time interval for calculating the time model, in microseconds.
    TM_DELTA_CPU_TIME bigint(20) NO The amount of time spent on the CPU during the TM_DELTA_TIME period.
    TM_DELTA_DB_TIME bigint(20) NO The amount of time spent on database calls during the TM_DELTA_TIME period.
    TOP_LEVEL_SQL_ID varchar(32) NO The ID of the top-level SQL statement.
    IN_PLSQL_COMPILATION varchar(1) NO The PL compilation status: Y/N.
    IN_PLSQL_EXECUTION varchar(1) NO The PL execution status: Y/N.
    PLSQL_ENTRY_OBJECT_ID bigint(20) NO The object ID of the top-level PL statement.
    PLSQL_ENTRY_SUBPROGRAM_ID bigint(20) NO The subprogram ID of the top-level PL statement.
    PLSQL_ENTRY_SUBPROGRAM_NAME varchar(32) NO The subprogram name of the top-level PL statement.
    PLSQL_OBJECT_ID bigint(20) NO The object ID of the PL statement being executed.
    PLSQL_SUBPROGRAM_ID bigint(20) NO The subprogram ID of the PL statement being executed.
    PLSQL_SUBPROGRAM_NAME varchar(32) NO The name of the PL subprogram that is being executed.
    BLOCKING_SESSION_ID bigint(20) NO If the current session is blocked, the session ID of the session that blocks the current session is displayed. This field is effective only in lock conflict scenarios, displaying the session ID that holds the lock.

    Note

    • For V4.3.x versions, this field was introduced starting from V4.3.5.
    • For V4.2.x versions, this field was introduced starting from V4.2.3.
    TABLET_ID bigint(20) NO The ID of the tablet that is being processed by the current SQL statement.

    Note

    • For V4.3.x versions, this field was introduced starting from V4.3.5.
    • For V4.2.x versions, this field was introduced starting from V4.2.5.
    PROXY_SID bigint(20) NO The ID of the proxy session.

    Note

    • For V4.3.x versions, this field was introduced starting from V4.3.5.
    • For V4.2.x versions, this field was introduced starting from V4.2.5.
    TX_ID bigint(20) NO The ID of the current transaction.

    Note

    • For V4.3.x versions, this field was introduced starting from V4.3.5.
    • For V4.2.x versions, this field was introduced starting from V4.2.3.
    DELTA_READ_IO_REQUESTS bigint(20) NO The number of reads between two sampling intervals.

    Note

    For V4.2.x versions, this field was introduced starting from V4.2.5 BP3.

    DELTA_READ_IO_BYTES bigint(20) NO The total size of files read between two sampling intervals.

    Note

    For V4.2.x versions, this field was introduced starting from V4.2.5 BP3.

    DELTA_WRITE_IO_REQUESTS bigint(20) NO The number of writes between two sampling intervals.

    Note

    For V4.2.x versions, this field was introduced starting from V4.2.5 BP3.

    DELTA_WRITE_IO_BYTES bigint(20) NO The total size of files written between two sampling intervals.

    Note

    For V4.2.x versions, this field was introduced starting from V4.2.5 BP3.

    Sample query

    Query the active session history of the current OBServer node.

    obclient [oceanbase]> SELECT * FROM oceanbase.V$OB_ACTIVE_SESSION_HISTORY LIMIT 1\G
    

    The query result is as follows:

    *************************** 1. row ***************************
                         SVR_IP: xx.xx.xx.xx
                       SVR_PORT: 2882
                      SAMPLE_ID: 232333
                    SAMPLE_TIME: 2024-06-17 15:19:48.593606
                         CON_ID: 1002
                        USER_ID: 0
                     SESSION_ID: 3809635991552
                   SESSION_TYPE: BACKGROUND
                  SESSION_STATE: ON CPU
                         SQL_ID:
                        PLAN_ID: 0
                       TRACE_ID: YBXXXXXXXX-000XXXXXXXX-0-0
                          EVENT:
                       EVENT_NO: 0
                       EVENT_ID: NULL
                         P1TEXT:
                             P1: 0
                         P2TEXT:
                             P2: 0
                         P3TEXT:
                             P3: 0
                     WAIT_CLASS: OTHER
                  WAIT_CLASS_ID: 100
                    TIME_WAITED: 0
               SQL_PLAN_LINE_ID: NULL
                       GROUP_ID: 0
                      PLAN_HASH: NULL
                      THREAD_ID: 81715
                      STMT_TYPE: NULL
                     TIME_MODEL: 0
                       IN_PARSE: N
                    IN_PL_PARSE: N
                  IN_PLAN_CACHE: N
                IN_SQL_OPTIMIZE: N
               IN_SQL_EXECUTION: N
                IN_PX_EXECUTION: N
               IN_SEQUENCE_LOAD: N
                  IN_COMMITTING: N
                IN_STORAGE_READ: N
               IN_STORAGE_WRITE: N
        IN_REMOTE_DAS_EXECUTION: N
                 IN_FILTER_ROWS: N
                        PROGRAM: RPC PROCESS (T1002_L5_G0)_1308
                         MODULE: NULL
                         ACTION: NULL
                      CLIENT_ID: NULL
                      BACKTRACE: NULL
                  TM_DELTA_TIME: 0
              TM_DELTA_CPU_TIME: 0
               TM_DELTA_DB_TIME: 0
               TOP_LEVEL_SQL_ID: NULL
           IN_PLSQL_COMPILATION: N
             IN_PLSQL_EXECUTION: N
          PLSQL_ENTRY_OBJECT_ID: NULL
      PLSQL_ENTRY_SUBPROGRAM_ID: NULL
    PLSQL_ENTRY_SUBPROGRAM_NAME: NULL
                PLSQL_OBJECT_ID: NULL
            PLSQL_SUBPROGRAM_ID: NULL
          PLSQL_SUBPROGRAM_NAME: NULL
    1 row in set (0.044 sec)
    

    References

    • GV$OB_ACTIVE_SESSION_HISTORY
    • ASH reports

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