Re: Meaning of query age in pg_stat_activity - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Adrian Klaver
Subject Re: Meaning of query age in pg_stat_activity
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Msg-id a1492572-773d-57d3-f344-02053bfc6648@aklaver.com
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In response to Meaning of query age in pg_stat_activity  (Jan De Moerloose <jan@sensolus.com>)
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On 01/29/2018 03:06 PM, Jan De Moerloose wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using the following to detect long running queries in a webapp that 
> is high on cpu:
> 
> SELECT pid, age(clock_timestamp(),query_start) as age, usename, query, 
> state from pg_stat_activity order by age;

I would add WHERE state = 'active'

> 
> When the cpu is 100% and the app slowing down, i can see that some 
> queries have a long age.
> Running the same queries in psql is very fast, however. The db itself is 
> low on cpu.
> 
> Is the age value as i calculate it representing the time spent by the 
> database to execute the query or does it also include the time to read 
> the result ? In other words, if the client is starving on cpu, will i 
> see higher values of age ?
> 
> Regards,
> Jan


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