Re: Check what a transaction did in the past

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: manugarciac <manugarciac(at)hotmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Check what a transaction did in the past
Date: 2010-02-16 16:31:11
Message-ID: 328.1266337871@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> manugarciac wrote:
>> I have an Idle in transaction that's really long. I suspect there is a
>> problem in my application, but I can't figure out where. If I new which
>> queries that transaction did in the past, it would really help me find the
>> problem. I know the transaction id, the process id, everything there is to
>> know, except the queries it did in the past. Is there any way to check this?

> Turn on log_statements and check the log.

Note that log_statements alone isn't much help. You'll want to add at
least %p to log_line_prefix so that you can relate entries in the log
to currently active transactions.

regards, tom lane

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