Re: how can i bugfix "idle in transaction" lockups ?

From: Ben Chobot <bench(at)silentmedia(dot)com>
To: Jonathan Vanasco <postgres(at)2xlp(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: how can i bugfix "idle in transaction" lockups ?
Date: 2010-11-30 15:49:14
Message-ID: 1781F88D-CA84-4EAC-9513-8BAF32822230@silentmedia.com
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On Nov 30, 2010, at 7:21 AM, Jonathan Vanasco wrote:

> on a project, i find myself continually finding the database locked up with "idle in transaction" connections
>
> are there any commands that will allow me to check exactly what was going on in that transaction ?
>
> i couldn't find anything in the docs, and the project has decent traffic, so its going to be an issue to log all statements so I can sift through the data by PID

Are those transactions actually holding locks? (You can verify by checking pg_locks.) If so, that might give you a clue. If not, then they shouldn't be causing any lockups....

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