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postgres queries
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| -- show running queries | |
| SELECT pid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start) AS age, usename, state, query FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE state != 'idle' AND query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%' ORDER BY age DESC; | |
| -- kill running query (cancel — graceful) | |
| SELECT pg_cancel_backend(pid); | |
| -- kill idle query (terminate — forceful) | |
| SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid); | |
| -- show blocking + blocked queries |