# SQL statistics for Performance Insights
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*SQL statistics* are performance-related metrics about SQL queries. These detailed per-query metrics are exposed through the Performance Insights API, which gathers statistics for each second that a query is running and for each SQL call. The SQL statistics are an average for the selected time range.

A SQL digest is a composite of all queries having a given pattern but not necessarily having the same literal values. The digest replaces literal values with a question mark. For example, `SELECT * FROM emp WHERE lname= ?`. This digest might consist of the following child queries:

```
SELECT * FROM emp WHERE lname = 'Sanchez'
SELECT * FROM emp WHERE lname = 'Olagappan'
SELECT * FROM emp WHERE lname = 'Wu'
```

All engines support SQL statistics for digest queries.

For the region, DB engine, and instance class support information for this feature, see [Database Insights](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_DatabaseInsights.html).

**Topics**
+ [SQL statistics for MariaDB and MySQL](USER_PerfInsights.UsingDashboard.AnalyzeDBLoad.AdditionalMetrics.MySQL.md)
+ [SQL statistics for Amazon RDS for Oracle](USER_PerfInsights.UsingDashboard.AnalyzeDBLoad.AdditionalMetrics.Oracle.md)
+ [SQL statistics for Amazon RDS for SQL Server](USER_PerfInsights.UsingDashboard.AnalyzeDBLoad.AdditionalMetrics.SQLServer.md)
+ [SQL statistics for RDS PostgreSQL](USER_PerfInsights.UsingDashboard.AnalyzeDBLoad.AdditionalMetrics.PostgreSQL.md)

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for Amazon RDS. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query AmazonRDS` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).