Re: Resource Usage same In spite of fronting my DB server with Pgbouncer ?

On 1/23/26 11:47 AM, KK CHN wrote:

> You mean to say the SQL statements are making this issue ?  I also
> suspected wrongly formed query statements making this much load on the
> DB server.
>  I also suspect this,  as the developers who write queries are not so
> expertised for writing optimized queries, needs to be addressed separately.
>
> How can I find out which query statements are making the DB server on
> its knees ?  Any method to find the bad queries? what parameters/
> behaviours to be checked for finding those query statements which really
> makes the db server to its knees  by the heavy lifting ?   any hints
> most welcome, I can explore and fix those ones.

For log settings that deal with statements, take a look at:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/runtime-config-logging.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-LOGGING-WHEN

and

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/runtime-config-logging.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-LOGGING-WHAT

There is also, for viewing statistics on current activity:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/monitoring-stats.html#MONITORING-STATS-VIEWS

For another view of statistics see the extension:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/pgstatstatements.html

In particular:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/monitoring-stats.html#MONITORING-PG-STAT-ACTIVITY-VIEW

Also for lock activity:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/view-pg-locks.html

> Sorry I missed to mention it, this is an EDB 16 server.   Eventhoug I
> prefer to use any piece of S/W that is FOSS community editions,
> sometimes it is demanded to manage these products  too.
>

EDB has variations of what they offer, a more specific definition would
be helpful.