sheyd of Storm
12/6/2019 - 5:43 PM

Check for Blocked/Blocking Queries and How to Kill Queries

--- Checks for blocking queries.
SELECT blocked_locks.pid     AS blocked_pid,
       blocked_activity.usename  AS blocked_user,
       blocking_locks.pid     AS blocking_pid,
       blocking_activity.usename AS blocking_user,
       blocked_activity.query    AS blocked_statement,
       blocking_activity.query   AS current_statement_in_blocking_process
 FROM  pg_catalog.pg_locks         blocked_locks
  JOIN pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity blocked_activity  ON blocked_activity.pid = blocked_locks.pid
  JOIN pg_catalog.pg_locks         blocking_locks 
      ON blocking_locks.locktype = blocked_locks.locktype
      AND blocking_locks.DATABASE IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.DATABASE
      AND blocking_locks.relation IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.relation
      AND blocking_locks.page IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.page
      AND blocking_locks.tuple IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.tuple
      AND blocking_locks.virtualxid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.virtualxid
      AND blocking_locks.transactionid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.transactionid
      AND blocking_locks.classid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.classid
      AND blocking_locks.objid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.objid
      AND blocking_locks.objsubid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.objsubid
      AND blocking_locks.pid != blocked_locks.pid
  JOIN pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity blocking_activity ON blocking_activity.pid = blocking_locks.pid
 WHERE NOT blocked_locks.GRANTED;
 
 --- Command to kill PID from "blocking PID" result above.
 pg_terminate_backend(PID);