Re: How to debug a locked backend ?

Attach with gdb:

gdb -p [pid]

You may need to specify the the executable on some platforms.

On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 12:13:00PM +0100, Csaba Nagy wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have right now a locked backend, similar to what I had a few days ago.
> It won't answer to pg_cancel_backend.
> Is there a way to diagnoze what it is actually doing ?
>
> If you answer, please do it quickly as in max 15 minutes I'll kill -9
> ...
>
> Thanks,
> Csaba.
>
>
>
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