Re: long running transactions - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: long running transactions
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Msg-id 25404.1160497420@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to long running transactions  (Tobias Brox <tobias@nordicbet.com>)
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Tobias Brox <tobias@nordicbet.com> writes:
> If pg_stat_activity.query_start actually is the start time of the
> transaction,

... but it isn't.

> Is there any way to find the longest running transaction?

Look in pg_locks to see the lowest-numbered transaction ID --- each
transaction will be holding exclusive lock on its own XID.  You can
correlate that back to pg_stat_activity via the PID.

            regards, tom lane

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