Re: Locks analyze

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Rajesh Kumar <rajeshkumar(dot)dba09(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Locks analyze
Date: 2023-10-13 11:59:35
Message-ID: f7d8b0bc16be17cc38d97ce90ad9060f7fb9d8f3.camel@cybertec.at
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On Fri, 2023-10-13 at 15:09 +0530, Rajesh Kumar wrote:
> How do I identify a session that is blocked?

See "wait_event_type" in "pg_stat_activity" (or see "pg_locks").

> Can blocking sessions increase idle sessions?

Only within certain limits, unless your applicaton is doing something wrong.

> I see something like waitdurarion in pg_locks..is that helpful anyway?

Yes, that means that the session has been waiting for the lock for a while.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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