Re: what does pg_activity mean when the database is stuck?

Is there a way to configure postgresql to automatically release connections
that have been idle for a set amount of time?

On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Si Chen
> <sichen(at)opensourcestrategies(dot)com> wrote:
> > The state is "idle". I don't have the state_change, but I will try to
> > collect it if it happens again.
>
> If they are idle, then the problem is probably with your application
> -- you're grabbing new connections and not closing them or reusing
> them. It's a very common problem. The 'query' when idle represents
> the last query run -- the database finished it and is sitting around.
>
> merlin
>

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