Specifically look into setting..... log_min_duration_statement (integer) in the postgresql.conf file. -----Original Message----- From: Robert Gravsjà [mailto:tekniksupport@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 7:22 AM To: Alexander Farber Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Any advice on debugging hanging postgresql-8.1.21 (many postmaster's) Alexander Farber skrev 2010-10-04 11.48: > I wish I could see those hanging queries, what SQL do they try to execute: To see the query you need to enable stats_command_string in your postgresql.conf. See: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/runtime-config-statistics.html You might also benefit from chapter 24: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/monitoring.html Regards, roppert > > pref=> select * from pg_stat_activity; > datid | datname | procpid | usesysid | usename | current_query > | query_start | backend_start | client_addr | > client_port > -------+---------+---------+----------+---------+------------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------+-------------+------------- > 16384 | pref | 2681 | 16385 | pref |<command string not > enabled> | | 2010-10-04 10:22:53.051483+02 | | > -1 > ......... > > I have usually just one Postgres connection from my game > (a perl script running as daemon). And then I have several > connections from phpBB. But when I restart httpd, > the spinning postmaster's don't disappear: > > top - 11:48:11 up 1:28, 1 user, load average: 9.85, 8.68, 6.25 > Tasks: 126 total, 12 running, 114 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie > Cpu0 : 36.1%us, 0.5%sy, 0.0%ni, 63.0%id, 0.4%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st > Cpu1 : 37.1%us, 0.8%sy, 0.0%ni, 61.6%id, 0.1%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.5%si, 0.0%st > Cpu2 : 61.4%us, 1.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 35.7%id, 1.2%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.5%si, 0.0%st > Cpu3 : 26.6%us, 0.6%sy, 0.0%ni, 72.1%id, 0.1%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.5%si, 0.0%st > Mem: 4019028k total, 1428256k used, 2590772k free, 22324k buffers > Swap: 2104496k total, 0k used, 2104496k free, 1199036k cached > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND > 3263 postgres 16 0 122m 14m 9m R 116.0 0.4 16:16.83 postmaster > 3208 postgres 16 0 122m 14m 9m R 112.0 0.4 35:16.08 postmaster > 3275 postgres 16 0 121m 13m 9m R 110.6 0.4 11:34.32 postmaster > 3315 postgres 16 0 121m 13m 9m R 100.5 0.4 7:16.93 postmaster > 3193 postgres 16 0 122m 14m 9m R 96.4 0.4 38:44.78 postmaster > 3233 postgres 16 0 122m 14m 9m R 68.8 0.4 29:28.90 postmaster > 3243 postgres 16 0 122m 14m 9m R 53.3 0.4 25:13.96 postmaster > 3256 postgres 16 0 122m 14m 9m R 34.4 0.4 19:23.93 postmaster > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general