Re: Problems with pg_locks explosion

Try these SQL statements , they will give you more information about whats
happening in your server lock-wise

SELECT
locktype, virtualtransaction,transactionid,nspname,relname,mode,granted,
cast(date_trunc('second',query_start) AS timestamp) AS query_start,
substr(current_query,1,25) AS query
FROM pg_locks
LEFT OUTER JOIN pg_class ON (pg_locks.relation = pg_class.oid)
LEFT OUTER JOIN pg_namespace ON (pg_namespace.oid = pg_class.
relnamespace), pg_stat_activity
WHERE
NOT pg_locks.pid=pg_backend_pid() AND pg_locks.pid=pg_stat_activity.procpid;

SELECT
locked.pid AS locked_pid, locker.pid AS locker_pid, locked_act.usename AS
locked_user, locker_act.usename AS locker_user,
locked.virtualtransaction, locked.transactionid, locked.locktype
FROM
pg_locks locked, pg_locks locker, pg_stat_activity locked_act,
pg_stat_activity locker_act
WHERE
locker.granted=true AND locked.granted=false AND
locked.pid=locked_act.procpid AND
locker.pid=locker_act.procpid AND
(locked.virtualtransaction=locker.virtualtransaction OR
locked.transactionid=locker.transactionid);

SELECT
locked.pid AS locked_pid, locker.pid AS locker_pid, locked_act.usename AS
locked_user, locker_act.usename AS locker_user,
locked.virtualtransaction, locked.transactionid, relname
FROM
pg_locks locked
LEFT OUTER JOIN pg_class ON (locked.relation = pg_class.oid), pg_locks
locker,pg_stat_activity locked_act, pg_stat_activity locker_act
WHERE
locker.granted=true AND locked.granted=false AND
locked.pid=locked_act.procpid AND locker.pid=locker_act.procpid AND
locked.relation=locker.relation;

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