Postgres Snippets

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Administration & Configuration

Connections

Show Max Connections (value and source)

SELECT setting, source, sourcefile, sourceline
FROM pg_settings
WHERE name = 'max_connections';

Set Max Connections

ALTER system SET max_connections = 250;

Kill Connections for a Database

SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid)
FROM pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity
-- we don't want to kill our own connection
WHERE pid != pg_backend_pid()
-- we don't want to kill connections to other databases
AND datname = 'MYDATABASE'

Show Statement Timeout Settings for All Users

SELECT r.rolname,
       (SELECT unnest(s.setconfig) FROM pg_db_role_setting s WHERE s.setrole = r.oid AND s.setconfig::text LIKE '%statement_timeout%' LIMIT 1) AS statement_timeout
FROM pg_roles r
WHERE r.rolcanlogin
ORDER BY r.rolname;

Materialized on Micha Kops' Tech Notes

Postgres Snippets

Administration & Configuration

Connections

Show Max Connections (value and source)

Set Max Connections

Kill Connections for a Database

Show Statement Timeout Settings for All Users